vi. 1.下来,下降。 2.下斜,下倾。 3.(财产等)传给,传下,遗传。 4.系出,是…的后裔 (from) 。 5.转而说到,涉及(细节等)。 6.降低身分去做。 7.突然袭击,突然访问。 8.【天文学】移向南方,移向地平线。 短语和例子 descend from a hill 由山上下来。 descend to particulars [details] 转而谈到细节。 He never descends to such meanness. 他决不干那种卑鄙事。 vt. 下,降。 descend from = be descended from 是…的后裔。 descend on [upon] 袭击;突然访问。
come as if by falling; "Night fell"; "Silence fell" 同义词:fall, settle,
move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way; "The temperature is going down"; "The barometer is falling"; "The curtain fell on the diva"; "Her hand went up and then fell again" 同义词:fall, go down, come down,
do something that one considers to be below one''s dignity 同义词:condescend, deign,
come from; be connected by a relationship of blood, for example; "She was descended from an old Italian noble family"; "he comes from humble origins" 同义词:derive, come,
例句与用法
1.
The lust to kill had suddenly descended on her . 她突然起了杀生之念。
2.
I hope the grace of god would descend on me .. 我期望上帝的恩惠。
3.
The police descended on their hide-out . 警察突袭了他们的藏身处。
4.
Deep inspiration causes the liver to descend . 深吸气使肝脏下降。
5.
She descended deeper into this stuffy well . 她深入这个拥挤不堪的井孔。
6.
They are all descended from the rock-pigeon . 它们都是从野岩鸽传衍而来。
7.
He could not descend himself into the arena . 他自己不能下到竞技场里去。
8.
The elevator descended slowly to the ground floor .. 电梯缓缓地降到底楼。
9.
Fagin stealthily descended the kitchen stairs . 费根蹑手蹑足了厨房的楼梯。
10.
Night descends quickly in the tropics . 热带地区黑夜来得很快。