Descend
[ dɪ'sɛnd ]
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v. 下来，下降 ;下斜;降临;突然造访;
💡 词根助记
de向下+scend爬，攀→下降；传下
📝 例句
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。
He is descended from Confucius.
他是孔子的后裔。
They descend with a gliding motion that reminds one of the flight of birds.
他们下山时的滑翔动作，使人联想起鸟类的飞行。
The mountain path descends to the lake.
山路下斜通向湖边。
Peter used the service stairway to descend the two flights.
彼得从职工专用楼梯走下两层楼梯。
🌱 联想助记
【串】scent(香水)价格descent(下降)了几分cent(钱)
【记】※ de-拼音“得”,scend-ascend上升:上升之后就得下降
※ de-拼音“得”,s-似“美女”,cent-分币:好不容易得到美女的一个分币,结果它却滚下了斜坡
✅ 同义词
🔴 反义词
🔤 词根
de-表示“下”
📖 牛津释义
descend
v
1 (fml 文)
(a) [I, Tn] come or go down (sth) 下来; 下去; 下降
The balloon descended gradually as the air came out. 气球空气外逸而缓缓下降.
She descended the stairs. 她走下楼梯.
(b) [I] (of a hill, etc) lead downwards; slope （指山等）下倾, 下斜
We turned the corner and saw that the road descended steeply. 我们转过弯, 看到路陡然下倾.
2 [Ipr] ~ from sb (of properties, qualities, rights) pass from father to son; be inherited by sb from sb （指财产、 气质、 权利）由父传子, 从某人处继承, 传下, 遗传
The title descends to me from my father. 这个头衔是由我父亲传给我的.
3 [I] (fml 文) (of night, darkness) fall （指夜、 黑暗）降临
Night descends quickly in the tropics. 热带地区黑夜来得很快.
4 (idm 习语) be descended from sb have sb as an ancestor 为某人的後裔
She claims to be descended from royalty. 她声称她是皇室後裔.
5 (phr v) descend on/upon sb/sth
(a) attack sb/sth suddenly 袭击某人[某物]
The police descended on their hide-out. 警察突袭了他们的藏身处.
(b) visit sb/sth unexpectedly or inconveniently 出乎意料地或不合时宜地去见某人[来到某处]
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. descend to sth (no passive 不用於被动语态) do or say sth that is mean and unworthy of one; stoop to sth 做或说卑鄙无耻的事; 降低身分或人格做某事
descend to fraud, abuse, bad language 堕落到去欺诈、 辱骂、 使用下流语言.
🎯 考研助记
scend爬 de(向下)+scend(爬)-descend(v.下降) a(to)+scend(爬)-asend(v.上升) 网友：yqy 补充：de(向下)+scend(上升)：下降
🔁 扩展释义
*[di'send]vi. 下降, 世代相传, 屈尊, 袭击vt. 下降【法】 把财产传给, 遗传
🌿 同词根单词
📖 同为「CET-4」词汇
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It'll make the cabbage plants grow big and strong.
它能使白菜秧长得又大又壮。
No, more, about 130 years ago. Most of the slave owners were rich farmers who lived in the south. They wanted to keep their slaves.
不，还要早，大约130年前。大多数奴隶主都是住在南方的富有的农场主。他们想保留自己的奴隶。
If we go to visit the High Dam, we can take a boat to visit the temple at Abu Simbel.
如果我们去游览高坝，我们还可以乘船去观看阿布·辛拜勒神庙。