descend

过去式：descended过去分词：descended现在分词：descending第三人称单数：descends

1. vi. & vt. 下来,下去 come or go down

• descend one's cheeks(泪)落两颊
• descend the slope顺坡向下走

• descend benignly吉祥地下落
• descend giddily轻浮地下落
• descend gracefully优美地下落
• descend gradually渐渐地下落
• descend hastily急速地下落
• descend impartially不偏不倚地下落
• descend noiselessly无声地下落
• descend quickly快速地下落
• descend unexpectedly意外地下落

• descend from one's ancestors从祖上传下来
• descend from a poet of the Tang Dynasty是唐代一位诗人的后代
• descend from a religious rite起源于宗教仪式
• descend from the tower从塔上下来
• descend to spreading scandal and gossip堕落到传播丑闻和谣言的地步

descend from由…传下来的；起源于

descend on袭击

descend upon vt. 突然到达）；袭击（突然降临

1. The sun descended behind the hills.
   太阳下山了。
2. I wish that the prices can descend.
   但愿物价会下降。
3. I didn't expect him to descend to personal abuse.
   我没料到他会堕落到对我进行人身攻击的地步。
4. At 6:30 p.m. the tropical darkness descends.
   在傍晚六点半的时候,热带地区的黑夜降临。

1. The custom has descended to our day.
   这一习俗一直传到今天。
2. He is descended from Confucius.
   他是孔子的後裔。

1. Armed thieves descended on the helpless travelers.
   一群武装盗贼袭击了无依无靠的旅客。
2. My sister's family is descending on us this weekend.
   想不到我姐姐一家本周末要到我们这里来