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[编辑] GRE 红宝书

  • v. 下来, 下降
  • [英] v. 下来, 下降 ( to come down)
  • [类] contract : implode / descend : plummet ( 收缩和急剧收缩 / 下降和急剧下降)
  • [记] de+scend ( 爬) -> 爬下 -> 下降;
  • [同] 参考: ascend ( 上升)
  • [例] The sun descended behind the hills.

[编辑] Webster Collegiate

verb

  • Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French descendre, from Latin descendere, from de- + scandere to climb — more at scan
  • Date: 13th century
  • intransitive verb
    • 1. to pass from a higher place or level to a lower one <descended from the platform>
    • 2. to pass in discussion from what is logically prior or more comprehensive
    • 3.
      • a. to originate or come from an ancestral stock or source ; derive <descends from an old merchant family>
      • b. to pass by inheritance <a desk that has descended in the family>
      • c. to pass by transmission <songs descended from old ballads>
    • 4. to incline, lead, or extend downward <the road descends to the river>
    • 5.
      • a. to swoop or pounce down (as in a sudden attack)
      • b. to appear suddenly and often disconcertingly as if from above <reporters descended on the candidate>
    • 6. to proceed in a sequence or gradation from higher to lower or from more remote to nearer or more recent
    • 7.
      • a. to lower oneself in status or dignity ; stoop
      • b. to worsen and sink in condition or estimation
  • transitive verb
    • 1. to pass, move, or climb down or down along
    • 2. to extend down along
  • ? descendible adjective


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