descend的词典解释

1. 下来，下降，下去
2. 下斜，下倾
3. 传给，传下来，遗传
4. 系出，来自于；是...的后裔
5. 屈尊，降尊，降低身分去做
6. 堕落，堕落到…地步
7. 突然袭击；突然拜访
8. 走下，沿...向下
9. 逐渐陷入
10. （夜晚、黑暗、情绪等）降临，来临
11. 从早到晚

1. 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"
   

2. 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"
   

3. do something that one considers to be below one's dignity
4. come as if by falling;

   "Night fell"
   "Silence fell"
   

1.下来;下降;走下
If youdescend or if youdescend a staircase, you move downwards from a higher to a lower level.

descend的反义词

e.g. Things are cooler and more damp as wedescend to the cellar...
当我们往下走去地窖时，四周愈见阴冷潮湿。
e.g. She descended one flight of stairs.
她走下了一段楼梯。

2.(情绪、气氛等)降临，笼罩
When a mood or atmospheredescends on a place or on the people there, it affects them by spreading among them.

e.g. An uneasy calm descended on the area...
一种令人不安的平静笼罩了该地区。
e.g. A reverent hush descended on the multitude.
人群虔敬地噤了声。

3.（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 theyhave descended on you.

descend的翻译

e.g. 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。
e.g. 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。

4.(夜幕、黄昏、黑暗等)降临
When night, dusk, or darknessdescends, it starts to get dark.

e.g. 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。

5.降低身份;堕落;沦落
If you say that someonedescends to behaviour which you consider unacceptable, you are expressing your disapproval of the fact that they do it.

descend

e.g. We're not going todescend to such methods...
我们不会沦落到使用这种手段。
e.g. She's got too much dignity todescend 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。

6.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 theyare descending into that situation.

descend

e.g. 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。

1. Another oppressive night descended.
   闷热的夜又来临了。
2. Darkness descended too soon.
   夜色过早降临。
3. The walk descends sharply.
   小路下倾得很厉害。
4. The sun descended behind the hills.
   太阳下了山。
5. The sun descended over the western hills.
   日落西山。
6. The plane descended through the clouds.
   那架飞机穿云而降。

1. Tears descend her cheeks.
   她泪落两颊。
2. They descended the slope towards the hamlet.
   他们顺坡下山,向那个村子走去。

• I passed to the Nile descending on it at my leasure to the sea.

  出自：J. Hayward

• The shades of evening began to descend.

  出自：J. Forbes

• A couple of crows descended from the parched sky and landed in Tarry's plot of turnips.

  出自：P. Kavanagh

1. descend的基本意思是“下来”“下去”,可指物体向下降落,也可指沿着山坡、梯子、台阶、树干等表示斜线或斜坡的物体下降。
2. descend可用作及物动词,也可用作不及物动词,用作不及物动词时,常与介词from连用,表示“是…的后代”“从…传下来”, from所接的名词指祖先、祖宗,并不是指父辈。
3. descend是正式书面用语,多用于文学语体中。