That penchant for power and glory earned him powerful enemies at virtually every step of his ascendance .

在他几乎每一步的崛起中，因对于权力和荣耀的度人之欲为他招致了强大的敌人。

The reality of china 's ascendance and the shifting global balance of power is not in itself a revelation .

中国崛起以及全球力量平衡正在转移的现实，本身并非什么新发现。

At present the pessimists might appear in the ascendance .

目前，悲观主义者可能看上去占了上风。

Product bans cause the ascendance of less desirable goods and services over more desirable ones .

产品管制导致不太受欢迎的产品和服务的优势远远超过那些更受欢迎的产品。

Perhaps the most heartening change , she says , is the ascendance of female power .

她说，也许最令人振奋的变化，就是女性力量的降临。