descend fromsth
—phrasal verbwithdescendverbuk/dɪˈsend/us/dɪˈsend/
to havedevelopedfrom something thatexistedin the past
从…发展演变而来
Alllivingcreaturesarethoughttodescendfrom anorganismthat came into being threebillionyearsago.据信所有生物都是从30亿年前出现的一种有机体演变而来的。
be descended fromsb
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to berelatedto aparticularpersonorgroupofpeoplewholivedin the past
从…繁衍而来；是…的后代
HerfatherisdescendedfromGreekroyalty.她的父亲是希腊皇室的后代。
Humans aredescendedfrom(=developedfrom)ape-likecreatures.人类是从类人猿进化而来的。