英语词汇“descend”的读音、翻译、释义、用法及例句-学习网

主要翻译
英语		中文
descend⇒ viintransitive verb: Verb not taking a direct object--for example, "She jokes." "He has arrived."	(physically: go down)	下去，下降，往下
		下倾，下斜
	The snow began falling and we decided we had better descend.
descend viintransitive verb: Verb not taking a direct object--for example, "She jokes." "He has arrived."	(numbers: get lower) (数字)	减少，降低
descend vtrtransitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say* something." "She found the cat."*	(physically: go down)	走下
		沿…下来 yán … xià lái
descend into [sth] vi + prep	(enter [sth] by going down)	下降进入...
	If we enter through this tunnel we will descend into a large cavern.
descend into [sth] vi + prep	figurative (turn to: [sth] less moral)	堕入...，陷入...
	The use of methamphetamines will cause you to descend into a living hell of addiction.
descend on [sth/sb] vi + prep	figurative (settle on, fall on)	降临到...，落到...
descend from [sth/sb] vi + prep	(living thing: have evolved from)	是…的后裔 shì … de hòu yì
		自...演化而来
	All humans descend from a common ancestor.

动词短语
英语		中文
descend from [sth] vtr phrasal insepphrasal verb, transitive, inseparable: Verb with adverb(s) or preposition(s), having special meaning, not divisible--for example,"go with" [=combine nicely]: "Those red shoes don't go with my dress." NOT [S]"Those red shoes don't go my dress with."[/S]	(develop, evolve from [sth])	起源于 qǐ yuán yú
		从…进化而来
	The domestic dog is descended from the wolves of Europe and Asia.

复合形式：
英语		中文
descend on vtrtransitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say* something." "She found the cat."*	informal (come to visit) (非正式用语)	造访，到访
	Thousands of protestors descended on the capital to demonstrate against big government.

Collins Chinese Dictionary Plus (3rd edition), 2011:

descend [dI'sEnd]

I vt (frm) [+ stairs, hill] 下 xià

II vi

1 (frm: go down) 下来(來) xiàlái

2▶ to descend (on/upon sb/sth) [calm, hush, gloom] 向(某人/某物)袭(襲)来(來) xiàng (mǒurén/mǒuwù) xílái
[visitors, tourists] 突然涌(湧)向(某人/某地) tūrán yǒngxiàng (mǒurén/mǒudì)

to be descended from
[person] 是…的后(後)裔 shì…de hòuyì [animal] 由…演变(變)而来(來) yóu…yǎnbiàn ér lái
to descend to sth/to doing sth
[+ lying, begging etc]屈尊于(於)某事/做某事 qūzūn yú mǒushì/zuò mǒushì
in descending order
按递(遞)减(減)的顺(順)序 àn dìjiǎn de shùnxù

在这些条目还发现'descend'：

在英文解释里：

abseil - climb down - come down - fall into - go down - rappel

中文：

下降 - 跌 - 降落