| 单词 | descend |
| 释义 | descend[di'send]vi. 下降, 世代相传, 屈尊, 袭击vt. 下降【法】 把财产传给, 遗传 descend de.scend AHD: [d¹-sµnd“] D.J. [d!6send]K.K. [d!6sWnd]v.（动词） de.scend.ed,de.scend.ing,de.scends v.intr.（不及物动词）1. 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2. 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”(&b{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)3. 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4. 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5. 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6. 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”(&b{James Bryce})“她，一个征服者，屈尊成为被征服者”(詹姆斯·布赖斯)7. 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8. 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）1. 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2. To get down from:从…下来：“People descended the minibus that shuttled guests to the nearby . . . beach”(&b{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)3. To extend or proceed downward along:延伸下来：a road that descended the mountain in sharp curves.陡峭的下山路语源:1. Middle English descenden 中古英语 descenden 2. from Old French descendre 源自 古法语 descendre 3. from Latin d¶scendere 源自 拉丁语 d¶scendere 4. d¶- [de-] d¶- [前缀，表“否定或相反”] 5. scandere [to climb] * see skand- scandere [爬] *参见 skand- 继承用法:descend“ible 或 adj.（形容词）descend“able |
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