| 释义 |
Adj.+n. gradual descent,direct descent,sharp descent,sudden descent n. fall,drop,dive,tumble,plunge 1. | [c][ususing] 下降；下倾an action of coming or going down |
| The plane began its descent to Heathrow. 飞机开始向希思罗机场降落。 | | the country's swift descent into anarchy 国家迅速陷入无政府状态 |
2. | [c] 斜坡；坡道a slope going downwards |
| There is a gradual descent to the sea. 有一片斜坡缓缓伸延到海边。 |
3. | [u] 血统；祖籍；祖先；出身a person's family origins |
| to be of Scottish descent 祖籍是苏格兰 | | He traces his line of descent from the Stuart kings. 他的家族可追溯到斯图亚特王朝。 |
n. | 1. an act of going from the top to the bottom or from a higher position to a lower position 2. a path or other way down something such as a mountain 3. a decline or change from something better to something worse 4. the sudden arrival of a person or group of people 5. the connection somebody has to an ancestor or group of ancestors 6. characteristics or developments that can be traced to an earlier source 7. a step of one generation in a lineage 8. the transmission of property by inheritance 9. the act of moving down to a lower place or position 10. the origin of your parents or other older members of your family 1. an act of going from the top to the bottom or from a higher position to a lower position 2. a path or other way down something such as a mountain 3. a decline or change from something better to something worse 4. the sudden arrival of a person or group of people 5. the connection somebody has to an ancestor or group of ancestors 6. characteristics or developments that can be traced to an earlier source 7. a step of one generation in a lineage 8. the transmission of property by inheritance 9. the act of moving down to a lower place or position 10. the origin of your parents or other older members of your family |
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