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descend
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Derivatives :
adj
descendible
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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary
- descend
[dɪ'sεnd]
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1.
vt.
[+stairs]
[ hill]
下
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2.
vi.
[frm]
(go down) 下来
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3.
vi.
[calm]
[ hush]
[ gloom+]
to descend (on/upon sb/sth) 向(某人/某物)袭来
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4.
vi.
[visitors]
[ tourists+]
突然涌向(某人/某地)
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to be descended from
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[person+] 是…的后裔
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5.
vi.
[animal+]
由…演变而来
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to descend to sth/to doing sth
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[+lying，begging etc] 屈尊于某事/做某事
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in descending order
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按递减的顺序
Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary
- descend
[dɪˈsend]
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1.
verb
下去，下降
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She turned her back on the street and descended into the underground station.
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她从街上转身走下地铁站。
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2.
vi.
来自，是......的后裔，从……传下来
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He descended from an old family of local landowners.
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她是当地一个古老的地主家族的后代。
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She was descended from an old Italian noble family.
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她出身于一个古老的意大利贵族家庭。
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3.
vi.
屈尊，降尊
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He shall give, and I will descend to accept.
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如果他给，我也愿意屈尊接受。
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4.
vi.
降临
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The night descended across the village.
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夜幕笼罩了村庄。
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5.
vi.
下倾，下斜
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vi.
袭击；突然靠近
Collins English-English Dictionary
- descend
[dɪ'sεnd]
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vb
[mainly intr]
[also tr]
to move, pass, or go down (a hill, slope, staircase, etc)
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2.
vb
(of a hill, slope, or path) to lead or extend down; slope; incline
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3.
vb
to move to a lower level, pitch, etc; fall
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4.
vb
[often foll by from]
to be connected by a blood relationship (to a dead or extinct individual, race, species, etc)
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5.
vb
to be passed on by parents or ancestors; be inherited
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6.
vb
to sink or come down in morals or behaviour; lower oneself
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7.
vb
[often foll by on or upon]
to arrive or attack in a sudden or overwhelming way
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their relatives descended upon them last week
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8.
vb
(of the sun, moon, etc) to move towards the horizon
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9.
vb
[Etymology]
C13: from Old French descendre, from Latin descendere, from de- + scandere to climb; see scan
Examples
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Presently her footfall die out as she descend to the lower floor
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当走到下一层楼时,她的脚步声不久就消失了。
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The elevator of an aircraft can make it ascend or descend.
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飞机的升降舵可以使它升降自如。
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The farmer was the first to descend into the 60-foot well.
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这个农民是第一个下到这个深达六十英尺的井里的人。
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If the wing is tilted downward, the plane will lose lift and start to descend.
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如果机翼向下倾斜，飞机将放弃上升，开始下降。
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Tourists descend in busloads...so the whole place is rather touristy.
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许多游客前往巴斯崂兹……所以整个地区游客都很多。
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下山
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descend the mountain; come or go down a mountain
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下楼
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descend the stairs; go or come downstairs
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