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单词 descent
释义
descent
noun
uk
/dɪˈsent/us
/dɪˈsent/

descentnoun(RELATION)

[U]
thestateorfactof beingrelatedto aparticularpersonorgroupofpeoplewholivedin the past:
血缘关系，家族关系；祖先；出身
She's a womanofmixed/Frenchdescent.她是一个混血／法裔女人。
Theytracetheirlineofdescent back to aFrenchduke.他们的先人可以追溯到一位法国公爵。
HeclaimsdirectdescentfromMohammed.他自称是穆罕默德的直系后代。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Family: ancestors & descendants
  • ancestor
  • ancestral
  • ancestry
  • be in the/someone'sbloodidiom
  • blood
  • blood is thicker than wateridiom
  • distaff
  • family tree
  • forbear
  • forebear
  • forefather
  • genealogy
  • generation
  • heraldic
  • heraldry
  • lineage
  • lineal
  • run in the familyidiom
  • sandwich generation
  • successor
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descentnoun(ARRIVAL)

[U]
anoccasionwhen agroupofpeoplearrivesomewhere, usuallysuddenlyorunexpectedly:
不期而至，突然到达
We weren'tpreparedfor the descent of thousands ofjournalistsonthetown.我们没想到数千名记者会突然来到镇上。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Arrivals and departures
  • admittance
  • advent
  • approach
  • arr.
  • arrival
  • bourne
  • connection
  • dep.
  • departure
  • destination
  • entrance
  • entry
  • eta
  • going
  • gold rush
  • influx
  • invasion
  • misconnect
  • misconnection
  • outflow
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descentnoun(POSITION)

[CorU]
amovementdown:
下降，下落；下沉
Theplanebegan(tomake)itsfinaldescent into theairport.飞机开始（做）最终下降，准备在机场着陆。
There is asteepdescent(= way down, such as apath)to thevillagebelow.有一条很陡的路通向下面的村庄。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Moving upwards
  • ascend
  • ascension
  • ascent
  • be on an upward/downward trajectoryidiom
  • bristle
  • clamber
  • come
  • come up
  • heave
  • levitate
  • levitation
  • mount
  • pull
  • rear
  • rise
  • scale
  • scramble
  • shinny
  • soar
  • soaring
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descentnoun(NEGATIVE CHANGE)

[SorU]
achangein someone'sbehaviour, or in asituation, from good tobad:
堕落，蜕变
His descentintocrimewasrapid.他很快就堕落到犯罪的地步。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Deteriorating and making worse
  • add
  • admin
  • aggravate
  • backslide
  • be (all) downhillidiom
  • debase
  • deterioration
  • devaluation
  • devalue
  • disintegrate
  • dog
  • downgrade
  • one step forward, two steps backidiom
  • regress
  • regression
  • regressive
  • relapse
  • retrograde
  • worse
  • worsen
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(Definition ofdescentfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

descent| American Dictionary

descent
noun
us
/dɪˈsent/

descentnoun(FAMILY BACKGROUND)

[U]
theoriginofpeopleinyourfamilybackground:
Theirmotheris ofIrishdescent(=familyorigin).

descentnoun(ARRIVAL)

[Cusually sing]
thearrivalof something or someone,esp. when it isunpleasantorunwanted:
The descent of dozens ofmotorcyclesterrifiedlocalresidents.

descentnoun(A WAY DOWN)

[C]
a way down, such as apath, or anactof coming down:
Asteepdescent from thepeakbringsyou to ameadow.
Theplaneis makingitsfinaldescent into theairport.
(Definition ofdescentfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofdescent

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In the introductor y exercises, students produced their own shor t pieces based around particular descents and characterisations (played 'by ear').
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In the meantime, there may be raids by parachute troops and attempted descents of airborne soldiers.
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Civilian descents are very rarely from heights that require these devices to be used.
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A record of all military training descents is kept, including a note of all abnormalities and injuries.
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They packed them with such skill and accuracy that at one unit where airborne training was being carried out more than 90,000 descents were accomplished without a single accident.
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First, the operation in manual mode is intuitive, and it would be almost impossible to ascertain stability on climbing anddescent.
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She cited the practice of reckoningdescentequally through males and females as a general and long-standing feature of the area (p. 2).
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Here only the chromaticdescentwill be discerned: the darkness has finally made the outline of the butterflies that cause it invisible.
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Each of these descents features a dangerous obstacle, such as trees, avalanches, large drops, low oxygen, freezing areas and darkness.
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An earlier crossing by small ships led to some having the front of their chartrooms stove in, flooding the forepart and unfortunate descents.
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The teamster usually rode the left wheeler, but he could also drive from the trailer seat, working the brake on steep descents.
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He has the most difficult 18 descents to his credit.
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In emergency descents it was permissible to use reverse thrust of up to 10,000 rpm.
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Their blood had currency in dynastic transactions, and their honour - read as chastity - was the guarantor of the purity of male lines ofdescent.
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During descents, eagles can drop as much as 60m ft at a time before circling back up.
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Collocationswithdescent

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angle of descent
On landing, the glidepath—that is, theangleofdescentto the ground—must be not less than three degrees.
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common descent
Medievalists would argue that ethnic identities are constructed primarily through the invention of legends of common descent, often articulated in contexts of political conflict.
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controlled descent
This facility enables a pilot to use the lift generated by the free rotation of the main rotors to make a controlled descent and landing.
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