| 单词 | descend |
| 释义 | descend 2 ENTRIES FOUND: descend (verb) level (noun) descend /dɪˈsɛnd/ verb descends; descended; descending descend /dɪˈsɛnd/ verb descends; descended; descending Learner's definition of DESCEND formal 1 : to go down : to go or move from a higher to a lower place or level走下；下来；下降 [no object] Wait for the elevator to descend.等电梯下来。 The workers descended into the hole.工人们下到洞穴中。 The submarine was descending.潜水艇在下降。 They descended from [=got down from] the platform.他们从平台上走下来。 A herd of goats descended into the valley.一群山羊下到山谷里去了。 The airplane will descend to a lower altitude soon.飞机即将降低飞行高度。 [+ object] Descending the mountain was even more dangerous than climbing/ascending it.下山甚至比上山更危险。 The children descended the staircase silently.孩子们悄悄地走下楼梯。 descend a ladder走下阶梯 — opposite ascend 2 [no object] : to slope or lead downward下倾；下斜 The path descends to the river.小路下斜通到河边。 The stairs descended into the tunnel.楼梯向下通入地道。 — opposite ascend 3 [no object] : to go or change to a worse state or condition衰落；堕落；陷入 — + into After his wife died, he descended [=sank] into a deep depression.妻子死后，他深深地陷入了沮丧。 The classroom descended into chaos after the teacher left.老师离开后，教室陷入一片混乱。 4 [no object] : to appear or happen like something that comes down from the sky降临；来临；突然出现 As night descended, the campers built a fire.夜幕降临，露营者生起了火。 — usually + on or upon The invaders descended on the village without warning. [=the invaders attacked without warning]侵略者毫无预兆地袭击了这个村落。 In autumn/fall, thousands of students descend on/upon [=visit] our town.秋季，数以千计的学生到我们镇上来游览。 Silence descended upon the crowd. [=the crowd became silent]人群安静了下来。 descend from [phrasal verb] descend from (something or someone) : to have (something or someone in the past) as an origin or source起源于…；是…的后裔 Recent evidence supports the theory that birds descended from dinosaurs.近期的证据为鸟类起源于恐龙的理论提供了支持。 The plants descend from a common ancestor.这些植物源于一个共同的祖先。 The tradition descends from [=comes from] an ancient custom.这个传统源于古代的一个习俗。 They claim to be descended from a noble British family.他们声称是一个英国贵族家庭的后裔。 descend to [phrasal verb] 1 descend to (someone) formal : to become owned by (someone) when the former owner has died祖传给…；传给…；由…继承 The estate descended to her from her grandparents. [=she inherited the estate from her grandparents]这笔遗产是她祖父母传给她的。 2 descend to (something) : to lower yourself by doing (something)降低身份去做；堕落到 She was desperate for money, but she would not descend to [=(more commonly) stoop to] asking her friends for help.她急需用钱，但她绝不会降低身份去向朋友们求助。 — see also descend to someone's level at 1level in descending order ◊ If people or things are in descending order, they are arranged in a series that begins with the greatest or largest and ends with the least or smallest.按降序排列；按递减顺序排列 The states are listed in descending order of population size.各州按照人口由多到少的顺序排列。 The sale items are arranged in descending order according to price.销售的商品按照价格由高到低的顺序排列。 |
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