4N-SING (地位、职位的)升高,提高 The ascent of a person to a more important or successful position is the process of reaching this position. (地位、职位的)升高,提高 [written]
His own career continues its inexorable ascent.
他事业的上升势头锐不可当。
It would be wrong to portray his life as a calculated ascent to power at any cost.
如果把他的一生描述成不惜任何代价一心想向上爬,那就错了。
5N-SING (某些宗教中的)升天 In some religions, when someone goes to heaven, you can refer to their ascent to heaven. (某些宗教中的)升天
...Elijah's ascent to heaven in a chariot of fire.