音标:[diˈsendz] ;
v. 下来( descend的第三人称单数 ); 下去; 下降; 下斜
v move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way
v come from; be connected by a relationship of blood, for example
v do something that one considers to be below one's dignity
v come as if by falling

descend的用法和样例:

例句

用作动词(v.)
  1. The sun descended behind the hills.太阳下山了。
  2. I wish that the prices can descend.但愿物价会下降。
  3. I didn't expect him to descend to personal abuse.我没料到他会堕落到对我进行人身攻击的地步。
  4. At 6:30 p.m. the tropical darkness descends.在傍晚六点半的时候,热带地区的黑夜降临。
用作动词(v.)
  1. The custom has descended to our day.这一习俗一直传到今天。
  2. He is descended from Confucius.他是孔子的後裔。
用作动词(v.)
  1. Armed thieves descended on the helpless travelers.一群武装盗贼袭击了无依无靠的旅客。
  2. 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

常见句型

用作动词(v.)
用作不及物动词S+~(+A)
  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。
用作及物动词S+~+ n./pron.
  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。

常用短语

用作动词(v.)
descend down (v.+adv.)
    向下降 go down; come downdescend down

    The moon is descending down.

    月正下沉。

    The sun is descended down.

    太阳正在下山。

descend from (v.+prep.)
    由…传留下来 be passed down from sb living in an earlier timedescend from sth

    He descended from the tower.

    他从塔上下来。

    descend from sb/sth

    The ring has descended from my great-grandmother.

    这枚戒指是我曾祖母传下来的。

    His family descends from the first French immigrants.

    他这一家是第一批法国移民的后裔。

    This festival descends from a religious rite.

    这个节日起源于宗教仪式。

descend into (v.+prep.)
    向下行 go down into sth beneath onedescend into sth

    He descended into a cellar.

    他走下地窖。

    The miners descended into the cave to search for the missing climbers.

    矿工们下到山洞去寻找失踪的登山者。

descend to (v.+prep.)
    屈尊或降低人格去从事某种活动或做某事 lower oneself morally to sth or doing sth wrongdescend to sth/v-ing

    If a prisoner is badly treated he may descend to violence.

    如果囚犯受虐待,他就可能发展到行凶。

    All too soon they will descend to spreading scandal and gossip.

    过不了多久他们就会堕落到传播丑闻和谣言的地步。

    I'm surprised that you would descend to lying.

    你竟然不顾人格撒谎,真使我感到吃惊。

词汇搭配

用作动词 (v.)
~+名词
  • descend one's cheeks(泪)落两颊
  • descend the slope顺坡向下走
~+副词
  • descend benignly吉祥地下落
  • descend giddily轻浮地下落
  • descend gracefully优美地下落
  • descend gradually渐渐地下落
  • descend hastily急速地下落
  • descend impartially不偏不倚地下落
  • descend noiselessly无声地下落
  • descend quickly快速地下落
  • descend unexpectedly意外地下落
~+介词
  • descend from one's ancestors从祖上传下来
  • descend from a poet of the Tang Dynasty是唐代一位诗人的后代
  • descend from a religious rite起源于宗教仪式
  • descend from the tower从塔上下来
  • descend to spreading scandal and gossip堕落到传播丑闻和谣言的地步

经典引文

  • 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
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