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des·cendBrE /dɪˈsend/NAmE /dɪˈsend/ verbpresent simple - I / you / we / they descend BrE /dɪˈsend/ NAmE /dɪˈsend/present simple - he / she / it descends BrE /dɪˈsendz/ NAmE /dɪˈsendz/past simple descended BrE /dɪˈsendɪd/ NAmE /dɪˈsendɪd/past participle descended BrE /dɪˈsendɪd/ NAmE /dɪˈsendɪd/ -ing form descending BrE /dɪˈsendɪŋ/ NAmE /dɪˈsendɪŋ/ [I, T] (formal) to come or go down from a higher to a lower level 下来；下去；下降◆The plane began to descend. 飞机开始降落。◆The results, ranked in descending order (= from the highest to the lowest) are as follows.… 结果按递减顺序排列如下…◆~ sthShe descended the stairs slowly. 她缓慢地走下楼梯。 OPP ascend [I] (formal) (of a hill, etc. 山等) to slope downwards 下斜；下倾◆At this point the path descends steeply. 小路从这里陡然而下。 OPP ascend [I] (literary) (of night, darkness, a mood, etc. 夜晚、黑暗、情绪等) to arrive and begin to affect sb/sth 降临；来临 SYN fall ◆Night descends quickly in the tropics. 热带地区天黑得快。◆~ on/upon sb/sthCalm descended on the crowd. 人群平静下来。 ●be desˈcended from sbto be related to sb who lived a long time ago 是某人的后裔◆He claims to be descended from a Spanish prince. 他声称是一位西班牙王子的后裔。●desˈcend into sth [no passive] (formal) to gradually get into a bad state 逐渐陷入◆The country was descending into chaos. 这个国家陷入一片混乱。●desˈcend on/upon sb/sthto visit sb/sth in large numbers, sometimes unexpectedly （突然）大批来访◆Hundreds of football fans descended on the city. 数百名足球迷蜂拥入城。●desˈcend to sth [no passive] to do sth that makes people stop respecting you 降低身份去做；竟做出；堕落到…地步◆They descended to the level of personal insults. 他们竟卑鄙到进行人身侮辱的地步。 |