音标：[di'sent] ；柯林斯词典等级：1 级；

n. 降落, 家系, 侵袭, 血统
[医] 下降, 世代, 血统

n. a movement downward
n. the act of changing your location in a downward direction
n. the kinship relation between an individual and the individual's progenitors
n. a downward slope or bend

词型变化：名词复数形式 : descents
考试类型：[六级/考研/托福/IELTS/GRE]

词性分布：

名词100%

descent的用法和样例：

例句

用作名词(n.)

There was a descent of temperature after rain.雨后气温下降了。
The trail zigzagged down the abrupt descent of the canyon.这条小路弯弯曲曲的顺着峡谷那陡削的下坡蜿蜒而下。
He traces his descent back to an old norman family.他追踪自己的世系上溯至一个古老的诺曼家族。
Many Americans are of English descent.许多美国人的祖籍是英国。
The Danes make numerous descent upon the english coast during the 10th century丹麦人在十世纪曾对英国海岸发动过无数次袭击
His descent into a life of crime made his mother very unhappy.他堕落到靠犯罪过活,这使他的母亲非常难过。
Real estate is generally acquired by purchase, by descent and devise, or by gift.不动产一般通过购买，遗产继承，遗赠和馈赠等方式获得。

常见句型

用作名词(n.)

We watched anxiously during her descent from the tree.我们焦急地看着她从树上爬下来。
The descent of the mountain took two hours.下山花了两个小时。
She is of German descent.她祖籍是德国。
He is of aristocratic descent.他出身贵族。

词汇搭配

用作名词 (n.)

动词+～

claim descent声称是…的后代
make descent使…下降

形容词+～

actual descent真正的后代
foreign descent外国血统
good descent出身贵族
vertical descent垂直下降

经典引文

A chieftain of imperial descent.
出自：J. Yeowell
The descent of the genus equus from a five-toed mammal not larger than a pig.
出自：J. Fiske

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