ascent

上昇、昇進

上に移動することや、より高い地位に達すること。

やさしい英語で： The act of moving upward or reaching a higher position.

• The balloon began its ascent.
• The plane's steep ascent made me nervous.
• His ascent to power took only a few years.

使い方： ascent to something (Her ascent to the top of the company was rapid.)

類義語： rise, climb

反対語： descent

よく使う表現： rapid ascent, begin an ascent, ascent to power

登山、登頂

山や丘の頂上まで歩いて登ること。

やさしい英語で： A journey on foot up a mountain or hill to its top.

• The ascent took three hours.
• We began our ascent of the hill at dawn.
• They made the first winter ascent of that peak.

使い方： an ascent of something (They completed an ascent of the mountain in one day.)

類義語： climb

反対語： descent

よく使う表現： mountain ascent, first ascent, ascent of something

上り勾配、傾斜角

道などの表面が上に向かってどれほど急に傾いているか。

やさしい英語で： How steeply a road or other surface slopes upward.

• The road has a gentle ascent.
• Engineers measured the railway's angle of ascent.
• The path's ascent reaches ten degrees near the summit.

類義語： gradient, inclination, steepness

よく使う表現： angle of ascent, degree of ascent