单词 | descend |
释义 | descend 🄰 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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