descend from

• • 由…流传下来，来自，源于，起源于；是…的后裔，遗传(常与助动词be连用)：

    He is descended from pioneers.

    他是拓荒者的后裔。

    Darwin concluded that men were descended from apes.

    达尔文的结论是人由类人猿进化而来。

  • 从…下来：

    The monkey descended from the tree.

    猴子从树上下来。

  • 在讨论中从(逻辑顺序中的前一个问题)转下来，从(一般性问题)转下来；转而谈及细节