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单词 descend
释义 descend /dɪˈsend/
🄰 vt.
<正式>(go down)+ stairs, ladder, slope, hill走下

She descended one flight of stairs.她走下了一段楼梯。

Jo started to descend the steps.乔开始下台阶。

🄱 vi.
1.(lead down)hill, slope, path +下斜;下倾

The road descends to the dunes.这条路向下通往沙丘。

A spiral staircase descends to the lower ground floor.螺旋式楼梯向下延伸至底层。

2.(move down)下降;下落

The plane began to descend.飞机开始下降。

We descended to the cellar.我们下到了地窖中。

3.(by ancestry)是…的后裔;是…的后代;遗传自…
to descend from sb/sth起源于…;是…的后裔

Birds descend from dinosaurs.鸟类是恐龙的后代。

4.(be inherited)被继承;被世代相传

English inheritance descends through the male line.英国人是通过男性世代继承的。

5.to descend to sth
(stoop)堕落到…地步;沦落到…地步;降低身份去做…

We're not going to descend to such methods.我们是不会沦落到去使用这种手段的。

to descend to doing sth堕落到做某事的地步

She's got too much dignity to descend to writing anonymous letters.她是个自尊心很强的人, 绝不会自贬身份去写匿名信。

6.(overwhelmingly;arrive)(大批人)突然到来
(attack)猛烈袭击

In mid-March, the crowds begin to descend.三月中旬, 人群开始大批涌入。

7.(set)sun, moon +下落;落山

The sun began to descend to the horizon.太阳开始朝着地平线下沉了。

I gazed at the full moon descending lazily behind the mountains.我看着满月缓缓地落到山后。

8.night, darkness, dusk +降临;来临

Darkness has now descended and the moon and stars shine hazily in the clear sky.夜幕现在已经降临, 晴朗的天空里月影婆娑, 星光朦胧。

9.to descend into sth
(change)恶化到…;陷入…

He was ultimately overthrown and the country descended into chaos.他的统治最终被推翻, 整个国家陷入了混乱。

Phrasal Verbsdescend on,descend upon
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