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de·scend AHD[dĭ-sĕndʹ] D.J.[dɪˈsend]K.K.[dɪˈsɛnd]v.（动词）de.scend.ed, de.scend.ing, de.scends v.intr.（不及物动词）- To move from a higher to a lower place; come or go down.下来：从较高的地方移到较低的地方；降下
- To slope, extend, or incline downward:向下倾斜，向下延伸："A rough path descended like a steep stair into the plain"(J.R.R. Tolkien)“一条坎坷不平的小路象陡峭的楼梯一样向下延伸入平原”(J.R.R.托尔金)
- To come from an ancestor or ancestry:遗传下来，传下：来自祖先：She was descended from a pioneer family.她来自一个早期的开拓者家庭
- To come down from a source; derive:来自；来源于：从某一起源传下来；起源于：a tradition descending from colonial days.从殖民地时代流传下来的传统
- To pass by inheritance:继承：通过遗产传递：The house has descended through four generations.这座房子已经传了四代
- To lower oneself; stoop:自嘲；自谦：降低自己的身份；降格，卑屈："She, the conqueror, had descended to the level of the conquered"(James Bryce)“她，一个征服者，屈尊成为被征服者”(詹姆斯·布赖斯)
- To proceed or progress downward, as in rank, pitch, or scale:按降序处理：按等级、程度或规模的降序进行或处理：titles listed in descending order of importance; notes that descended to the lower register.按显赫程度由高到低排列的头衔；由高音区降至低音域的音符
- To arrive or attack in a sudden or an overwhelming manner:蜂拥而至：突然或大量地到来或猛烈地侵袭：summer tourists descending on the seashore village.夏季旅游者涌入这座海滨小镇
v.tr.（及物动词）- To move from a higher to a lower part of; go down.下降：从较高部分移到较低部分；下降
- To get down from:从…下来："People descended the minibus that shuttled guests to the nearby . . . beach"(Howard Kaplan)“人们从将乘客载往邻近海滨的小公共汽车上走下来”(霍华德·卡普兰)
- To extend or proceed downward along:延伸下来：a road that descended the mountain in sharp curves.陡峭的下山路
- Middle English descenden 中古英语 descenden
- from Old French descendre 源自 古法语 descendre
- from Latin dēscendere 源自 拉丁语 dēscendere
- dē- [de-] dē- [前缀，表“否定或相反”]
- scandere [to climb] * see skand- scandere [爬] * 参见 skand-
descendʹible 或 descendʹable adj.（形容词） |