descend

descend
verb
[no obj.]

move or fall downwards
下降；落下
the aircraft began to descend.
飞机开始下降。
■[with obj.]move down (a slope or stairs)
下（坡，楼梯）
the vehicle descended a ramp.
车辆下了斜坡。
■(of stairs, a road or path, or a piece of land) be on a slope or incline and extend downwards
（楼梯，道路，小径，土地）下斜，下倾
a side road descended into the forest.
一条岔道下斜着延伸到森林中。
[with obj.]a narrow flight of stairs descended a steep slope.
一段狭窄的楼梯陡陡地通到下面。
■come or go down a scale, especially from the superior to the inferior
（尤指从优到劣）依次递降
[as adj. descending]the categories are listed in descending order of usefulness.
这些品种按实用价值递减的顺序列出。
■(Music)(of sound) become lower in pitch
(乐)（声响）渐低
[as adj. descending]a passage of descending chords.
渐低和弦乐段。
■(descend to)act in a specified shameful way that is far below one's usual standards
降低人格做事，堕落到
he was scrupulous in refusing to descend to misrepresentation.
他为人正直审慎，拒绝做人所不齿的歪曲真相之事。
■(descend into)(of a situation or group of people) reach (a state considered undesirable or shameful)
（情况，群体）沦落到…的地步
the army had descended into chaos.
军队已沦落到了混乱的地步。
(descend on/upon)make a sudden attack on
突袭
the militia descended on Rye.
民兵突袭赖伊。
■(descend on/upon)make an unexpected and typically unwelcome visit to
突然来到，突然访问
groups of visiting supporters descended on a local pub.
一批批外来的支持者突然来到了当地一家酒吧。
■(of a feeling or atmosphere) develop suddenly and be felt throughout a place or by a person or group of people
（感觉，气氛）突然笼罩
an air of gloom descended on Labour party headquarters.
一片沮丧的气氛突然笼罩着工党总部。
■(of night or darkness) begin to occur
（夜色，黑暗）降临
as the winter darkness descended, the fighting ceased.
随着冬日夜幕的降临，战斗停止了。
(be descended from)be a blood relative of (a specified, typically illustrious ancestor)
是…的后裔（尤指望族）
John Dalrymple was descended from an ancient Ayrshire family.
约翰•达尔林普尔是艾尔郡一古老家族的后裔。
■(of an asset) pass by inheritance, typically from parent to child
（资产）交由…继承
his lands descended to his eldest son.
他的土地传给了长子。

派生
descendent
adjective
语源

Middle English: from Old French descendre, from Latin descendere, from de- 'down' + scandere 'to climb'

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