descend

descend

[di'send]

v.下降, 降临
v.传下来, 遗传
v.突然袭击, 突然拜访

例句与用法：

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

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。

The sun descended behind the hills.

太阳下山了。

Armed thieves descended on the helpless travelers.

一群武装盗贼袭击了无依无靠的旅客。

词形变化：

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

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vi.

1. 下来, 下降[(+from)]

You can ride the escalator up but have to descend on foot.

你可以搭电梯上去, 但要自己走下来。

2. 下倾, 下斜

The mountain path descends to the lake.

山路下斜通向湖边。

3. 传下来, 来自于[(+from)]

The custom has descended to our day.

这一习俗一直传到今天。

4. 突然袭击; 突然拜访[(+on/upon)]

Bob and his girl friend descended on us for the weekend.

鲍勃和他女友突然来我家过周末。

5. 屈尊; 堕落[(+to)]

6. 为……的后裔[H][(+from)]

He is descended from Confucius.

他是孔子的后裔。

vt.

走下; 沿……向下

短语词组：

descend from

1. 起源于; 是……的后裔

His family descends from the first English immigrants.

他这一家是第一批英国移民的后裔。

descend on/upon

1. 突然袭击

The robbers descended on the village.

强盗突然袭击那村子。

2. 向……涌来

Letters of application descended on them like snowflakes.

申请信件像雪片似地向他们飞来。

descend to

1. 向下延伸至

The mountain path descends to a small river.

那条山间小路向下延伸到一条小河。

2. 堕落到

How come she has descended to stealing?

她怎么会堕落到偷窃的?