descend
- v.下降;下来;降临;下去;来临;下斜;下倾
过去式： descended 现在分词： descending 过去分词： descended 第三人称单数： descends
de- 离开,向下 + scend 爬,攀
descendverb
下来；下去；下降
to come or go down from a higher to a lower level
The plane began to descend.
飞机开始降落。
The results, ranked in descending order (= from the highest to the lowest) are as follows:
结果按递减顺序排列如下。
She descended the stairs slowly.
她缓慢地走下楼梯。
下斜；下倾
to slope downwards
At this point the path descends steeply.
小路从这里陡然而下。
降临；来临
to arrive and begin to affect sb/sth
Night descends quickly in the tropics.
热带地区黑夜来得快。
Calm descended on the crowd.
人群平静下来。
是某人的后裔
to be related to sb who lived a long time ago
He claims to be descended from a Spanish prince.
他声称是一位西班牙王子的后裔。
逐渐陷入
to gradually get into a bad state
The country was descending into chaos.
这个国家陷入一片混乱。
突然大批来访
to visit sb/sth in large numbers, sometimes unexpectedly
Hundreds of football fans descended on the city.
数百名足球迷蜂拥入城。
降低身份去做；竟做出；堕落到…地步
to do sth that makes people stop respecting you
They descended to the level of personal insults.
他们竟卑鄙到进行人身侮辱的地步。
descend
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VERB 下来;下降;走下
If you descend or if you descend a staircase, you move downwards from a higher to a lower level.Things are cooler and more damp as we descend to the cellar...
当我们往下走去地窖时，四周愈见阴冷潮湿。
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VERB (情绪、气氛等)降临，笼罩
When a mood or atmosphere descends on a place or on the people there, it affects them by spreading among them.An uneasy calm descended on the area...
一种令人不安的平静笼罩了该地区。
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VERB （大批人）突然到来，突然造访
If a large group of people arrive to see you, especially if their visit is unexpected or causes you a lot of work, you can say that they have descended on you.3,000 city officials descended on Capitol Hill to lobby for more money...
3,000名市政官员齐聚国会山，为筹集更多的款项进行游说。
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VERB (夜幕、黄昏、黑暗等)降临
When night, dusk, or darkness descends, it starts to get dark.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。
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VERB 降低身份;堕落;沦落
If you say that someone descends to behaviour which you consider unacceptable, you are expressing your disapproval of the fact that they do it.We're not going to descend to such methods...
我们不会沦落到使用这种手段。
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VERB 陷入(糟糕境地)
When you want to emphasize that the situation that someone is entering is very bad, you can say that they are descending into that situation.He was ultimately overthrown and the country descended into chaos.
他最终被推翻，整个国家则陷入了混乱。
verb
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- come as if by falling
- Night fell
- Silence fell
- Synonym: fall settle
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- 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
- Synonym: fall go down come down
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- do something that one considers to be below one's dignity
- Synonym: condescend deign
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- 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
- Synonym: derive come
数据来源：WordNet
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After passing , he looked back and saw a man descend the ladder .
这个孩子走过之后，曾经回过头来瞧了瞧，他看到一个人从梯子上下来。
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Our prejudice descend from the female branch .
我们的偏见是从母方流传下来的。
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The results are expressed in descending numerical order .
结果按数字降序列出。
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Hundreds of football fans descended on the city .
数百名足球迷蜂拥入城。
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The country was descending into chaos .
这个国家陷入一片混乱。
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They descended to the level of personal insults .
他们竟卑鄙到进行人身侮辱的地步。
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The path descended the hill in a series of zigzags .
小路呈连续的之字形顺着山坡蜿蜒而下。
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A mood of melancholy descended on us .
一种悲伤的情绪袭上我们的心头。
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The plane began to descend .
飞机开始降落。
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At this point the path descends steeply .
小路从这里陡然而下。
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A hush descended over the waiting crowd .
等候着的人群变得鸦雀无声。
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Calm descended on the crowd .
人群平静下来。
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She descended the stairs slowly .
她缓慢地走下楼梯。
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We 're not going to descend to such methods
我们不会沦落到使用这种手段。
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She told us she was descended from some Scottish Lord .
她告诉我们她是某苏格兰勋爵的后裔。
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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。
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All the other ingredients , including water , have to be listed in descending order by weight .
所有其他原料，包括水在内，都需要根据重量依次降序排列。
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As you descend , suddenly you see at last the hidden waterfall .
一直往下走，最终你会突然看到那条隐秘的瀑布。
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3,000 city officials descended on Capitol Hill to lobby for more money
3,000名市政官员齐聚国会山，为筹集更多的款项进行游说。
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He was ultimately overthrown and the country descended into chaos .
他最终被推翻，整个国家则陷入了混乱。
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She descended one flight of stairs .
她走下了一段楼梯。
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A rain of stones descended on the police .
一阵乱石砸向警察。
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Domestic chickens are descended from jungle fowl of Southeast Asia .
家鸡是由东南亚原鸡演变而来的。
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One day depression descended upon him , and wherever he went after that he could never throw it off .
有一天，他突然开始消沉起来，从那以后，无论他走到哪儿也摆脱不了这种情绪。
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Things are cooler and more damp as we descend to the cellar
当我们往下走去地窖时，四周愈见阴冷潮湿。
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Curious tourists and reporters from around the globe are descending upon the peaceful villages .
好奇的游客和记者从世界各地一齐涌向这些平静的村落。
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They descended from the plane into a forest of microphones and cameras .
他们从飞机上走下来，迎接他们的是数不清的麦克风和照相机。
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The same heavy , brooding silence descended on them .
他们也感觉到了同样沉重压抑的寂静。
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Keep the drill steady while it ascends and descends
打钻和提钻时要保持钻头平稳。
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An uneasy calm descended on the area
一种令人不安的平静笼罩了该地区。
指人或事物从高处向低处移动。
The old lady slowly descended the stairs.
这位老太太慢慢走下台阶。
He descended the ladder with the help of his mother.
在妈妈的帮助下，他从梯子上爬了下来。
The sun descended behind the hills.
太阳下山了。
指人经过一段行程之后，从交通工具上下来，常与介词 from 连用。
The visitors alighted from the airplane.
游客们下了飞机。
We arrived just as he alighted from the train.
他刚下火车，我们就到了。
特指从马背、自行车或者摩托车上下来，常与介词 from 连用。
He dismounted from his motorcycle.
他从摩托车上下来了。
She dismounted and took the horse's bridle.
她下了马，拉着马笼头。
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