英语单词descend翻译，英文单词descend的意思

descend

简明英汉词典

descend

[di5send]

vi.

下来, 下降, 遗传(指财产,气质,权利), 突击, 出其不意的拜访

v.

下去

美国传统词典[双解]

descend

de.scend

AHD:[d1-sμnd“]

D.J.[di6send]

K.K.[d!6sWnd]

v.（动词）

de.scend.ed， de.scend.ing， de.scends

v.intr.（不及物动词）

(1)To move from a higher to a lower place; come or go down.

下来：从较高的地方移到较低的地方；降下

(2)To slope, extend, or incline downward:

向下倾斜，向下延伸：

“A rough path descended like a steep stair into the plain”(J.R.R. Tolkien)

“一条坎坷不平的小路象陡峭的楼梯一样向下延伸入平原”(J.R.R.托尔金)

(3)To come from an ancestor or ancestry:

遗传下来，传下：来自祖先：

She was descended from a pioneer family.

她来自一个早期的开拓者家庭

(4)To come down from a source; derive:

来自；来源于：从某一起源传下来；起源于：

a tradition descending from colonial days.

从殖民地时代流传下来的传统

(5)To pass by inheritance:

继承：通过遗产传递：

The house has descended through four generations.

这座房子已经传了四代

(6)To lower oneself; stoop:

自嘲；自谦：降低自己的身份；降格，卑屈：

“She, the conqueror, had descended to the level of the conquered”(James Bryce)

“她，一个征服者，屈尊成为被征服者”(詹姆斯·布赖斯)

(7)To proceed or progress downward, as in rank, pitch, or scale:

按降序处理：按等级、程度或规模的降序进行或处理：

titles listed in descending order of importance; notes that descended to the lower register.

按显赫程度由高到低排列的头衔；由高音区降至低音域的音符

(8)To arrive or attack in a sudden or an overwhelming manner:

蜂拥而至：突然或大量地到来或猛烈地侵袭：

summer tourists descending on the seashore village.

夏季旅游者涌入这座海滨小镇

v.tr.（及物动词）

(1)To move from a higher to a lower part of; go down.

下降：从较高部分移到较低部分；下降

(2)To get down from:

从…下来：

“People descended the minibus that shuttled guests to the nearby . . . beach”(Howard Kaplan)

“人们从将乘客载往邻近海滨的小公共汽车上走下来”(霍华德·卡普兰)

(3)To extend or proceed downward along:

延伸下来：

a road that descended the mountain in sharp curves.

陡峭的下山路

语源

(1)Middle English descenden

中古英语 descenden

(2)from Old French descendre

源自 古法语 descendre

(3)from Latin d?e

源自 拉丁语 d?e

(4)d?- [de-]

d?- [前缀，表“否定或相反”]

(5)scandere [to climb] * see skand-

scandere [爬] *参见 skand-

继承用法

descend“ible 或

descend“able

adj.（形容词）

现代英汉词典

descend

[dI5send]

vi., vt.

(1)下来；下降

to descend the steps

下阶梯

in descending order of importance

依轻重顺序

(2)（常与on, upon连用）突袭

The bandits descended on the defenseless village.

匪徒突袭无防御的村庄。

(3)（与to连用）降格去做

现代英汉综合大辞典

descend

[di5send]

vi., vt.

(1)下(来, 降, 斜, 倾)

(2)(财产等)传给, 遗传

(3)转而说到, 涉及(细节等)

(4)屈尊, 降低身分去做

(5)突然去访问, 袭击

(6)向下倾斜

(7)下凡

(8)由远而近, 由大而小

(9)【天】移向地平线; 移向南方

be descended from ...

[descend from ...]从...(传)下来

Men are descended from ape-men.

人是由类人猿转变而来的。

He descended from the top of the mountain.

他从山顶上走下来。

The river descends to the sea.

这条河流向大海。

He (is) descended from a good family.

他出自名门。

继承用法

descender

[dI`sendE(r)]

n.

习惯用语

descend from

(1)从...下来

(2)是...的后裔, 源于

descend to

(1)把人格[身分]降低到, 堕落到

(2)转谈细节

descend upon

(1)突然袭击

(2)突然拜访某人

descend on

(1)突然袭击

(2)突然拜访某人

用法词典

descend

来自拉丁语descendere爬下