| 单词 | descend |
| 释义 | descend v 1 (fml 文) (a) [I, Tn] come or go down (sth) 下来; 下去; 下降 The balloon descended gradually as the air came out. 气球空气外逸而缓缓下降. She descended the stairs. 她走下楼梯. (b) [I] (of a hill, etc) lead downwards; slope （指山等）下倾, 下斜 We turned the corner and saw that the road descended steeply. 我们转过弯, 看到路陡然下倾. 2 [Ipr] ~ from sb (of properties, qualities, rights) pass from father to son; be inherited by sb from sb （指财产、 气质、 权利）由父传子, 从某人处继承, 传下, 遗传 The title descends to me from my father. 这个头衔是由我父亲传给我的. 3 [I] (fml 文) (of night, darkness) fall （指夜、 黑暗）降临 Night descends quickly in the tropics. 热带地区黑夜来得很快. 4 (idm 习语) be descended from sb have sb as an ancestor 为某人的後裔 She claims to be descended from royalty. 她声称她是皇室後裔. 5 (phr v) descend on/upon sb/sth (a) attack sb/sth suddenly 袭击某人[某物] The police descended on their hide-out. 警察突袭了他们的藏身处. (b) visit sb/sth unexpectedly or inconveniently 出乎意料地或不合时宜地去见某人[来到某处] My sister´s family is descending on us this weekend. 想不到我姐姐一家本周末要到我们这里来. descend to sth (no passive 不用於被动语态) do or say sth that is mean and unworthy of one; stoop to sth 做或说卑鄙无耻的事; 降低身分或人格做某事 descend to fraud, abuse, bad language 堕落到去欺诈、 辱骂、 使用下流语言. |
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