澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 史蒂文·所罗门探究水的作用

 

In his book about water, Steven Solomon looks at water's role in ancient history, in the ascendancy¹ of the west, in the making of the modern industrial society and water as the world's scarcest critical natural resource.

谈到他的著作中对于水的研究,史蒂文·所罗门探究在古老的历史,西方的权势及现代工业社会中水作为世界最重要的自然资源及其作用。

1 ascendancy   

n.统治权，支配力量

参考例句：

• We have had ascendancy over the enemy in the battle.在战斗中我们已占有优势。
• The extremists are gaining ascendancy.极端分子正逐渐占据上风。