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descend/diˈsend/v. 1 tr. & intr. go or come down (a hill, stairs, etc.) (山上、楼上)下来，下降 2 intr. (of a thing) sink, fall (东西)下落；降下，落下 rain descended heavily 下着大雨 3 intr. slope downwards, lie along a descending slope 下斜，下倾 fields descended to the beach 田野下斜到海滩 4 intr. (usu. foll. by 通常后跟 on)a make a sudden attack 突袭 b make an unexpected and usu. unwelcome visit (通常为不受欢迎的)突然造访 hope they don't descend on us at the weekend 希望他们不要在周末来访 5 intr. (usu. foll. by 通常后跟 from, to) (of property, qualities, rights, etc.) be passed by inheritance (财产、品质、权利等的)传给；祖传 the house descends from my grandmother 房子为我祖母所传; the property descended to me 财产由我继承 6 intr.a sink in rank, quality, etc. (等级、质量等)递减 b (foll. by 后跟 to) degrade oneself or stoop morally to (an unworthy act) 降低身份去做(卑劣的举动); 堕落 descend to violence 堕落到使用暴力 7 intr. Mus. (of sound) become lower in pitch 【音】(声音)音调降低，下行 8 intr. (usu. foll. by 通常后跟 to) proceed (in discourse or writing) 开始，着手(演说或写作): a in time (to a subsequent event etc.) 按时间顺序谈(下一个事件等) b from the general (to the particular) 转而谈到(具体情况) now let's descend to details 现在我们谈些细节问题 9 tr. go along (a river etc.) to the sea etc. (河流等)顺流而下(至大海等) 10 intr. Printing (of a letter) have its tail below the line 【印刷】(字母)下伸 □ be descended from have as an ancestor 是…的后裔 □ descendent adj.[Middle English via Old French descendre from Latin descendere (as DE-, scandere ‘climb’)] |