| 单词 | descent |
| 释义 | descent[di'sent]n. 降落, 家系, 侵袭, 血统【医】 下降, 世代, 血统【经】 无遗嘱遗产相关词组:make a descent upon... descent de.scent AHD: [d¹-sµnt“] D.J. [d!6sent]K.K. [d!6sWnt]n.（名词）1. The act or an instance of descending.下降，降落：下降的动作或实例2. A way down.下坡路：向下延伸的路3. A downward incline or passage; a slope.斜面，斜坡：向下的斜面；倾斜面4. Hereditary derivation; lineage:出身，血统，祖籍：遗传血统；家系：a person of African descent.一个非洲血统的人5. One generation of a specific lineage.一代家族：某种特殊世家的后代6. The fact or process of coming down or being derived from a source:演化，派生：从某一源泉发展或演化出来的事实或过程：a paper tracing the descent of the novel from old picaresque tales.追溯古老的传奇故事演化到小说的论文7. Development in form or structure during transmission from an original source.发展：演化的过程中在形式或结构上的发展8. Law Transference of property by inheritance.【法律】 继承：通过继承实现的财产转移9. A lowering or decline, as in status or level:（如地位或水平的）下降，转下坡路：Her career went into a rapid descent after the charges of misconduct.在为这次管理不善承担主要责任后，她的职业生涯开始走上急剧的下坡路10. A sudden visit or attack; an onslaught.猛攻：突然拜访（或攻击）；猛攻语源:1. Middle English 中古英语 2. from Old French 源自 古法语 3. from descendre [to descend] * see descend 源自 descendre [下降，走下坡路，传下] *参见 descend |
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