- 下降,下来,下去:
They descended from the mountaintop.
他们从山顶下来。
The elevator descended slowly to the ground floor.
电梯缓慢地下降到底楼。
- (在刻度或标尺上)下降,降低
- 下斜,下倾,下延:
The path descends to the pond.
小路下斜通到池塘。
The walk descends sharply.
小路下倾得很厉害。
- 递减:
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。
- 系出,来自;是…的后裔(from)(常与助动词be连用):
He is descended from Edward.
他是爱德华的后裔。
He is lineally descended from a respectable family.
他是名门望族的直系后裔。
- 遗传,祖传,世代相传,传给(from,to):
The title descends through eldest sons.
称号由长子代代相传。
to descend from generation to generation
代代相传
to descend from father to son
父子相传
- 由…传下来,相传;起源于(from):
This festival descends from a Chinese rite.
这个节日源自一个中国的仪式。
The custom has descended to our day.
这种习俗沿传至今。
- (尤指贪婪地、急速地)接近,夺取(on,upon):
Thrill-seekers descended upon the scene of the crime.
寻求刺激者急速接近犯罪现场。
- 降尊,屈尊,降低自己的身份(做某事);堕落(to):
She would never descend to baseness.
她永远不会堕落到卑劣地步。
I never descend to such meanness.
我决不干这种卑鄙的事情。
- 袭击,突击;突然访问;突然来临(on或upon):
The troops descended upon the village and destroyed it.
军队袭击该村庄并把它摧毁了。
to descend upon enemy soldiers
突然袭击敌兵
The whole family descended on us at Christmas.
圣诞节时他们全家人突然来到我们家。
- 从早到晚;由大而小;由远而近;从一般到特殊;从总的情况转而谈到(具体情况),(如在讨论中)由一般涉及细节(to):
He descended to particulars.
他转而谈到细节。
to descend into details
(在介绍了总的情况后)转而谈论细节
- (云雾等)低垂,降临
- 作为超自然(或超自然心态)等出现(或显现):
Jupiter descended to humankind.
(主神)朱庇特显现为人类。
- 【天文学】(如太阳或星星)落下,下降,移向南方(或地平线):
The sun descended behind the hills.
太阳落山了。
- 【音乐】下行
- 【印刷】(字母)下伸