descend

汉语翻译

vi. 下降, 世代相传, 屈尊, 袭击
vt. 下降
【法】 把财产传给, 遗传

词型变化：

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

词意辨析：

descend, drop, fall, sink

这些动词都表示“落下，下降”之意。
descend: 通常指沿斜线或斜坡下降。
drop: 指物体从一定高度落下。
fall: 与drop同义，指突然或猛烈地降落，但fall也可指任何下落，同高度或形式无关。
sink: 指在空气或水中垂直下降、下沉。

英语解释：

动词 descend:

1. move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way
   同义词：fall, go down, come down
2. come from; be connected by a relationship of blood, for example
   同义词：derive, come
3. do something that one considers to be below one's dignity
   同义词：condescend, deign
4. come as if by falling
   同义词：fall, settle

例句：

1. 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
2. I didn't expect him to descend to personal abuse.
   我没料到他会堕落到对我进行人身攻击的地步。
3. The sun descended behind the hills.
   太阳下山了。
4. Armed thieves descended on the helpless travelers.
   一群武装盗贼袭击了无依无靠的旅客。

详细解释：

de.scend

v.（动词）
de.scend.ed,de.scend.ing,de.scends
v.intr.（不及物动词）
To move from a higher to a lower place; come or go down.
下来：从较高的地方移到较低的地方；降下
To slope, extend, or incline downward:
向下倾斜，向下延伸：
例句：
.A rough path descended like a steep stair into the plain.(J.R.R. Tolkien)
.一条坎坷不平的小路象陡峭的楼梯一样向下延伸入平原.(J.R.R.托尔金)



To come from an ancestor or ancestry:
遗传下来，传下：来自祖先：
例句：
She was descended from a pioneer family.
她来自一个早期的开拓者家庭

To come down from a source; derive:
来自；来源于：从某一起源传下来；起源于：
例句：
a tradition descending from colonial days.
从殖民地时代流传下来的传统

To pass by inheritance:
继承：通过遗产传递：
例句：
The house has descended through four generations.
这座房子已经传了四代

To lower oneself; stoop:
自嘲；自谦：降低自己的身份；降格，卑屈：
例句：
.She, the conqueror, had descended to the level of the conquered.(James Bryce)
.她，一个征服者，屈尊成为被征服者.(詹姆斯·布赖斯)

To proceed or progress downward, as in rank, pitch, or scale:
按降序处理：按等级、程度或规模的降序进行或处理：
例句：
titles listed in descending order of importance; notes that descended to the lower register.
按显赫程度由高到低排列的头衔；由高音区降至低音域的音符

To arrive or attack in a sudden or an overwhelming manner:
蜂拥而至：突然或大量地到来或猛烈地侵袭：
例句：
summer tourists descending on the seashore village.
夏季旅游者涌入这座海滨小镇

v.tr.（及物动词）


To move from a higher to a lower part of; go down.
下降：从较高部分移到较低部分；下降
To get down from:
从…下来：
例句：
.People descended the minibus that shuttled guests to the nearby . . . beach.(Howard Kaplan)
.人们从将乘客载往邻近海滨的小公共汽车上走下来.(霍华德·卡普兰)

To extend or proceed downward along:
延伸下来：
例句：
a road that descended the mountain in sharp curves.
陡峭的下山路


来源：
Middle English descenden
中古英语 descenden
from Old French descendre
源自 古法语 descendre
from Latin dôscendere
源自 拉丁语 dôscendere
dô- [de-]
dô- [前缀，表.否定或相反.]
scandere [to climb] * see skand-
scandere [爬] *参见 skand-

【引伸】
descend.ible 或
descend.able
adj.（形容词）