descend

[di'send]

v.下降, 降临
v.传下来, 遗传
v.突然袭击, 突然拜访

vi.

1. 下来, 下降[(+from)]

You can ride the escalator up but have to descend on foot.

你可以搭电梯上去, 但要自己走下来。

2. 下倾, 下斜

The mountain path descends to the lake.

山路下斜通向湖边。

3. 传下来, 来自于[(+from)]

The custom has descended to our day.

这一习俗一直传到今天。

4. 突然袭击; 突然拜访[(+on/upon)]

Bob and his girl friend descended on us for the weekend.

鲍勃和他女友突然来我家过周末。

5. 屈尊; 堕落[(+to)]

6. 为……的后裔[H][(+from)]

He is descended from Confucius.

他是孔子的后裔。

vt.

走下; 沿……向下

词形变化

形容词: descendible | 动词过去式: descended | 动词过去分词: descended | 动词现在分词: descending | 动词第三人称单数: descends |

词义辨析

同义:

vi.下来, 下降

decline  fall  drop  plunge  

同义参见:

shower  originate  land  lower  stem  lower  

反义:

vi.vt.下降; 下倾

ascend  rise  

反义参见:

mount  

英英释义

动词 descend:

move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way

同义词：fall, go down, come down

come from; be connected by a relationship of blood, for example

同义词：derive, come

do something that one considers to be below one's dignity

同义词：condescend, deign

come as if by falling

同义词：fall, settle

短语词组

descend from

1. 起源于; 是……的后裔

His family descends from the first English immigrants.

他这一家是第一批英国移民的后裔。

descend on/upon

1. 突然袭击

The robbers descended on the village.

强盗突然袭击那村子。

2. 向……涌来

Letters of application descended on them like snowflakes.

申请信件像雪片似地向他们飞来。

descend to

1. 向下延伸至

The mountain path descends to a small river.

那条山间小路向下延伸到一条小河。

2. 堕落到

How come she has descended to stealing?

她怎么会堕落到偷窃的?

补充

descenddescend英:[diˈsend] 美:[dɪˈsɛnd]vt. & vi.1.下来, 下去Darkness descended too soon.夜色过早降临。They descended the slope towards the hamlet.他们顺坡下山, 向那个村子走去。

例句

1. She descended one flight of stairs.她走下了一段楼梯。 2. Jo started to descend the steps.乔开始下台阶。 3. The road descends to the dunes.这条路向下通往沙丘。 4. A spiral staircase descends to the lower ground floor.螺旋式楼梯向下延伸至底层。 5. The plane began to descend.飞机开始下降。 6. We descended to the cellar.我们下到了地窖中。 7. Birds descend from dinosaurs.鸟类是恐龙的后代。 8. English inheritance descends through the male line.英国人是通过男性世代继承的。 9. We're not going to descend to such methods.我们是不会沦落到去使用这种手段的。 10. She's got too much dignity to descend to writing anonymous letters.她是个自尊心很强的人, 绝不会自贬身份去写匿名信。 11. In mid-March, the crowds begin to descend.三月中旬, 人群开始大批涌入。 12. The sun began to descend to the horizon.太阳开始朝着地平线下沉了。 13. I gazed at the full moon descending lazily behind the mountains.我看着满月缓缓地落到山后。 14. Darkness has now descended and the moon and stars shine hazily in the clear sky.夜幕现在已经降临, 晴朗的天空里月影婆娑, 星光朦胧。 15. He was ultimately overthrown and the country descended into chaos.他的统治最终被推翻, 整个国家陷入了混乱。 16. They descended from the mountaintop.他们从山顶下来。 17. The elevator descended slowly to the ground floor.电梯缓慢地下降到底楼。 18. The path descends to the pond.小路下斜通到池塘。 19. The walk descends sharply.小路下倾得很厉害。 20. He talked about all those points in descending order of importance.他对那几点按其重要性逐一谈了他的意见。 21. He is descended from Edward.他是爱德华的后裔。 22. He is lineally descended from a respectable family.他是名门望族的直系后裔。 23. The title descends through eldest sons.称号由长子代代相传。 24. to descend from generation to generation代代相传 25. This festival descends from a Chinese rite.这个节日源自一个中国的仪式。 26. The custom has descended to our day.这种习俗沿传至今。 27. Thrill-seekers descended upon the scene of the crime.寻求刺激者急速接近犯罪现场。 28. She would never descend to baseness.她永远不会堕落到卑劣地步。 29. I never descend to such meanness.我决不干这种卑鄙的事情。 30. The troops descended upon the village and destroyed it.军队袭击该村庄并把它摧毁了。 31. to descend upon enemy soldiers突然袭击敌兵 32. He descended to particulars.他转而谈到细节。 33. to descend into details(在介绍了总的情况后)转而谈论细节 34. Jupiter descended to humankind.(主神)朱庇特显现为人类。 35. The sun descended behind the hills.太阳落山了。 36. The children descended the hill.孩子们下山了。 37. The lift descended one floor.电梯下降了一层楼(面)。 38. She descended the ladder.她爬下梯子。 39. The winding rail descends the mountain.羊肠小道向山下蜿蜒伸展。 40. the aircraft began to descend.飞机开始下降。 41. the vehicle descended a ramp.车辆下了斜坡。 42. a side road descended into the forest.一条岔道下斜着延伸到森林中。 43. [with obj.]a narrow flight of stairs descended a steep slope.一段狭窄的楼梯陡陡地通到下面。 44. [as adj. descending]the categories are listed in descending order of usefulness.这些品种按实用价值递减的顺序列出。 45. [as adj. descending]a passage of descending chords.渐低和弦乐段。 46. he was scrupulous in refusing to descend to misrepresentation.他为人正直审慎，拒绝做人所不齿的歪曲真相之事。 47. the army had descended into chaos.军队已沦落到了混乱的地步。 48. the militia descended on Rye.民兵突袭赖伊。 49. groups of visiting supporters descended on a local pub.一批批外来的支持者突然来到了当地一家酒吧。 50. an air of gloom descended on Labour party headquarters.一片沮丧的气氛突然笼罩着工党总部。 51. as the winter darkness descended, the fighting ceased.随着冬日夜幕的降临，战斗停止了。 52. John Dalrymple was descended from an ancient Ayrshire family.约翰•达尔林普尔是艾尔郡一古老家族的后裔。 53. his lands descended to his eldest son.他的土地传给了长子。 54. The plane started to descend and a few minutes later we landed.飞机开始下降，几分钟后我们便着陆了。 55. She descended the stairs slowly.她慢慢地走下楼梯。 56. He says he's descended from a Russian prince.他说他是一位俄国王子的后代。 57. Wait for the elevator to descend.等电梯下来。 58. The workers descended into the hole.工人们下到洞穴中。 59. The submarine was descending.潜水艇在下降。 60. They descended from [=got down from] the platform.他们从平台上走下来。 61. A herd of goats descended into the valley.一群山羊下到山谷里去了。 62. The airplane will descend to a lower altitude soon.飞机即将降低飞行高度。 63. descending the mountain was even more dangerous than climbing/ascending it.下山甚至比上山更危险。 64. The children descended the staircase silently.孩子们悄悄地走下楼梯。 65. descend a ladder走下阶梯 66. The path descends to the river.小路下斜通到河边。 67. The stairs descended into the tunnel.楼梯向下通入地道。 68. "After his wife died, he descended [=sank] into a deep depression."妻子死后，他深深地陷入了沮丧。 69. The classroom descended into chaos after the teacher left.老师离开后，教室陷入一片混乱。 70. "As night descended, the campers built a fire."夜幕降临，露营者生起了火。 71. 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。 72. "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。 73. Silence descended upon the crowd. [=the crowd became silent]人群安静了下来。 74. 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。 75. The plants descend from a common ancestor.这些植物源于一个共同的祖先。 76. The tradition descends from [=comes from] an ancient custom.这个传统源于古代的一个习俗。 77. 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。 78. 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。 79. "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。 80. 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。 81. 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。