音标:[di'sendәnt] ; 柯林斯词典等级:1 级;
n. 后裔, 子孙
a. 传下的, 下降的
n. a person considered as descended from some ancestor or race
s. going or coming down
s. proceeding by descent from an ancestor
词型变化:名词复数形式 : descendants
考试类型:[六级/考研/托福/GRE]
词性分布:
名词100%

descendant的用法和样例:

例句

用作名词(n.)
  1. He is a descendant of Queen Victoria.他是维多利亚女王的后裔。
  2. I am a descendant of George Washington.我是乔治华盛顿的后代子孙。
  3. A static method does not change when inherited by a descendant class.当被子孙类继承时,静态方法并不改变。
  4. The coastal areas were occupied by the descendants of Greek colonists.沿海地带居住着希腊殖民者。
  5. Today's bicycles are descendants of the earlier velocipede.今天的自行车是从早期的脚踏车发展而来的。

常见句型

用作名词(n.)
  1. They are the descendants of Queen Victoria.他们是维多利亚女王的后裔。

词汇搭配

用作名词 (n.)
动词+~
  • leave descendant繁衍
形容词+~
  • direct descendant直接源于
  • male descendant男性后裔
  • remote descendant隔代的后裔

经典引文

  • The existing forms of life are the descendants by true generation of pre-existing forms.

    出自:C. Darwin
  • The Gothic language..has left no direct descendants.

    出自:F. W. Farrar
  • A last descendant of one of the Greek Phanariot families that had ruled and exploited Rumania under the Turks.

    出自:O. Manning
  • The IRA's claim to be the only true descendants of our Republican martyrs.

    出自:D. Donoghue
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