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ascendancy: 优势; governing or controlling influence 1) controlling influence; domination ascendancyhaving no influence Most histories of science are success stories that conclude on a triumphal note with the final ascendancy of a theory that is the basis of subsequent inquiries by later researchers. 【注解】triumphal: 胜利的ascendancy:优势subsequent:后来者 retrospective:回顾的, 向后看的extrapolation:推断rebuttal:反驳 反证 | 
