1. In an age without radio or recordings, an age dominated by print, fiction gained its greatest
ascendancy.
在没有录音机和唱片的时代，亦即被印刷统治的时代，小说取得了它最大的支配地位。
2. Just over a century ago, French would have appeared to have attained an undisputed claim to such
ascendancy.
仅一个多世纪前，法语看来已经获得了对这种优势的无可争议的要求。
3. His hatred, like a powerless though furious wave, was broken against the strong
ascendancy which Mercds exercised over him.
他的仇恨象一个来势汹猛却又无力的浪头，被美塞苔丝所说的一番话击得粉碎。
