Descend



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解释

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• 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.

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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