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单词 descend
释义
descend
verb
uk
/dɪˈsend/us
/dɪˈsend/

descendverb(POSITION)

B2[IorT]formal
to go or come down:
下降；走下；降下
Thepathdescendedsteeplyinto thevalley.这条路很陡，一直通到山谷。
Janedescended thestairs.简走下了楼梯。
[I]literary
Ifdarknessornightdescends, itbecomesdarkanddaychangestonight.
（暮色）降临；（天幕）落下
More examples
  • She descended thesweepingstaircaseinto thecrowdofphotographersandjournalists.
  • Asignpostpointsto ashortpathdescendingamongsttreesto afootbridgeover theriver.
  • Ahead wereclearsignsof apath, descending into avalley.
  • Themainstaircasedescended into alarge,panelledentrancehall.
  • Theaudienceapplaudedwildlyas thecurtaindescended on thestage.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Moving downwards
  • cascade
  • dive
  • drop/fall/sink like a stoneidiom
  • fall
  • fall down
  • flop
  • freefall
  • go down
  • parachute
  • plantarflexion
  • pronation
  • put
  • putsomething/someonedown
  • rain(something)down
  • set
  • setsomethingdown
  • sink
  • spiral
  • subside
  • touch
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Enclosing, surrounding and immersing

descendverb(NEGATIVE MOOD)

[I]literary
If anegativeorbadfeelingdescends, it isfelteverywherein aplaceor by everyone at the sametime:
（不好的感觉）遍布，蔓延
Afeelingofdespairdescended (onus) as werealizedthat we werelost.当我们发现自己迷了路的时候，一种绝望的情绪（在我们中间）弥漫开来。
[I]literary
If acondition, usually anegativecondition, descends, itquicklydevelopsin everypartof aplace:
（通常指不好的情形）笼罩
Silence descendedontheroom/overthecountryside.寂静笼罩着房间／田野。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Enclosing, surrounding and immersing
  • beleaguer
  • beleaguered
  • beset
  • border
  • boxsomeone/somethingin
  • dunk
  • fencesomethingoff
  • flooding
  • gather
  • gift wrap
  • gift-wrapped
  • girdle
  • steep
  • steepsomething/someoneinsomething
  • submersion
  • surround
  • swaddle
  • swallow
  • swamp
  • twine
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Phrasal verbs

descend fromsomething
descend intosomething
descend on/uponsomeone/something
descend tosomething
(Definition ofdescendfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

descend| American Dictionary

descend
verb[I/T]
us
/dɪˈsend/
to go down or come down something:
[I]Thepathdescends to thevalleybelow.
[T]Janedescended thestairsslowlyin herweddinggown.

Phrasal verbs

descend fromsomeone/something
descend on/uponsomeone/somewhere
(Definition ofdescendfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofdescend

descend
The classical picture of botulism is of descending symmetrical flaccid paralysis with no fever.
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Their possession of the bundles would have identified them as lineage heads, those most directly descended from the divine ancestors.
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A logging gap was defined as the area of ground disturbed beneath an opening in the canopy descending to within 12 m of the ground.
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Note the right descending aorta is seen well distally and does not run beneath the esophagus.
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Finally, an excerpt including ascending and descending parts of the sweep is played.
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The pulmonary arteries and descending aorta are also seen well.
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Moreover, two aberrant arteries originating from the descending aorta were imaged clearly.
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In the normal fetus, the tension of arterial oxygen would be higher in the ascending aorta than in the pulmonary arteries and descending aorta.
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The eight most common serogroups were 23, 9, 6, 19, 14, 3, 15 and 11 (in descending order).
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However, the book for the most part managed to avoid descending into trivial reportage, so easy to do when coverage is so broad-based.
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As the scores are produced in descending order, it is only necessary to consider adjacent values.
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She sang and little by little descended to the stage, where she immediately disappeared.
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Help was also sought (in descending frequency) from family, friends and neighbours, hospital staff and the police.
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The two have descended into the dungeon and are in the process of digging the prisoner's grave.
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In the meantime, their aircraft has descended through 7,500 feet.
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