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基本釋義

v.
下來,下降,下斜; 淪落; 降臨; 突然造訪; 陷入(糟糕境地)

詞性變化

實用例句

The country was descending into chaos.

這個國家陷入一片混亂。

牛津詞典

Hundreds of football fans descended on the city.

數(shù)百名足球迷蜂擁入城。

牛津詞典

They descended to the level of personal insults.

他們竟卑鄙到進行人身侮辱的地步。

牛津詞典

He claims to be descended from a Spanish prince.

他聲稱是一位西班牙王子的后裔。

牛津詞典

Calm descended on the crowd.

人群平靜下來。

牛津詞典

At this point the path descends steeply.

小路從這里陡然而下。

牛津詞典

Night descends quickly in the tropics.

熱帶地區(qū)黑夜來得快。

牛津詞典

The plane began to descend.

飛機開始降落。

牛津詞典

The results, ranked in descending order (= from the highest to the lowest) are as follows:

結(jié)果按遞減順序排列如下。

牛津詞典

She descended the stairs slowly.

她緩慢地走下樓梯。

牛津詞典

We're not going to descend to such methods...

我們不會淪落到使用這種手段。

She's got too much dignity to descend to writing anonymous letters.

她是個自尊心很強的人,絕不會自貶身份去寫匿名信。

He was ultimately overthrown and the country descended into chaos.

他最終被推翻,整個國家則陷入了混亂。

Things are cooler and more damp as we descend to the cellar...

當我們往下走去地窖時,四周愈見陰冷潮濕。

She descended one flight of stairs.

她走下了一段樓梯。

An uneasy calm descended on the area...

一種令人不安的平靜籠罩了該地區(qū)。

A reverent hush descended on the multitude.

人群虔敬地噤了聲。

3,000 city officials descended on Capitol Hill to lobby for more money...

3,000名市政官員齊聚國會山,為籌集更多的款項進行游說。

Curious tourists and reporters from around the globe are descending upon the peaceful villages.

好奇的游客和記者從世界各地一齊涌向這些平靜的村落。

Darkness has now descended and the moon and stars shine hazily in the clear sky.

夜幕現(xiàn)在已經(jīng)降臨,晴朗的天空里月影婆娑,星光朦朧。

As they descend the hill like madmen running a race, he falls.

他們像瘋子賽跑一樣往坡下沖, 他摔倒了.

英漢文學 - 雙城記

The pain is beginning to lift, I am beginning to feel a descend upon me.

我的疼痛開始減輕, 我開始感到一種安寧.

期刊摘選

In future, astronauts will be required to descend from a spaceship while it is still in space and return to it.

將來, 宇航員應(yīng)當能從依然在太空中的宇宙飛船中下來,并且能夠回到飛船里去.

《用法詞典》

However, the ground water table tends to descend, accounting for 62 % of the cities and regions.

但地下水水位總的發(fā)展趨勢仍以下降為主,下降區(qū)比例高達62%.

期刊摘選

Ended to allly, cover up to descend a little hope.

結(jié)束了所有的憧憬, 埋下了一點點希望.

期刊摘選

Soon afterwards, the balloon began to descend and it landed near an airfield.

后來不久, 那只氣球開始下降了,結(jié)果它在一個機場附近著陸了.

《用法詞典》

Bob and his girl friend descend on us for the weekend.

鮑伯和他女友突然來我家過周末.

期刊摘選

真題例句

In the 2006 film version of The Devil Wears Prada ,Miranda Priestly, played by Meryl Streep, scolds her unattractive assistant for imagining that high fashion doesn’t affect her, Priestly explains how the deep blue color of the assistant’s sweater descended over the years from fashion shows to departments stores and to the bargain bin in which the poor girl doubtless found her garment.

出自-2013年考研閱讀原文

英英釋義

Verb
  • 1. move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way;

    "The temperature is going down"

    "The barometer is falling"

    "The curtain fell on the diva"

    "Her hand went up and then fell again"

  • 2. come from; be connected by a relationship of blood, for example;

    "She was descended from an old Italian noble family"

    "he comes from humble origins"

  • 3. do something that one considers to be below one's dignity

  • 4. come as if by falling;

    "Night fell"

    "Silence fell"

同義詞辨析

descend, drop, fall, sink

這些動詞都表示"落下,下降"之意。

  • descend: 通常指沿斜線或斜坡下降。
  • drop: 指物體從一定高度落下。
  • fall與drop同義,指突然或猛烈地降落,但fall也可指任何下落,同高度或形式無關(guān)。
  • sink: 指在空氣或水中垂直下降、下沉。

同義詞

vi.下來,下降

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反義詞

vt. & vi.下降;下傾

ascendrise

其他釋義

ascendrise

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