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| /dɪˈsend/ |
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| 1 | I/T formal to go down a mountain or slope , or to go downstairs 下来；走下 |
| I descended into the valley. 我走下山谷。 |
| He slowly descended the stairs. 他慢慢走下楼梯。 |
| | 1a | I to come nearer to the ground 下降 | | The plane was preparing to descend. 飞机正准备降落。 | |
| | 1b | I to become lower 下斜；降低 | | From here the path descends steeply. 这条小路从这里陡直下斜。 | |
| | 1c | I to come down to a lower level , especially a lower social level 堕落；没落 | |
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| 2 | I literary if night or darkness descends, it starts to get dark （夜幕）降临 |
| At 6.30 pm the tropical darkness descends. 下午6点半热带的黑夜降临了。 |
| | 2a | if something such as a feeling or quality descends, people start to experience it （感觉等）降临，到来 | | Total silence descended. 万籁俱寂。 | |
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| - | desˈcend from |
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| 1 | descend from sb/sth: formal to develop from something that happened or existed earlier 起源于；来源于 | the cultural traditions that descend from the Bible 起源于《圣经》的文化传统 | |
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| 2 | be descended from to be related to a person or animal that lived long ago 是…的后裔；是…的后代 | Her mother’ s family are descended from the Grant clan. 她母亲家是格兰特家族的后裔。 | |
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| | descend into sth: if a situation descends into a certain bad state , it becomes bad 陷入…状况 | Filming descended into chaos after further arguments. 在进一步的争论之后影片拍摄陷入一片混乱。 | |
| - | desˈcend on |
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| | descend on sb/sth: if people descend on a person or a place , a lot of them arrive , often unexpectedly （很多人）突然造访 | Crowds of tourists descended on the tiny church. 一群群的游客突然来造访这座小教堂。 | | | a | used about things that suddenly arrive or appear 突袭；突然出现 | | Waves of sadness descended on him. 他突然感到阵阵悲伤。 | | |
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| | descend to (doing) sth: to start behaving in a bad way 坏到；堕落到 | She won’ t descend to using that kind of language. 她不会堕落到说那样的话。 | |
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