| 单词 | descend |
| 释义 | descend [dɪ'send] verb POSITION 位置 ADVANCED intransitive or transitive formal ■to go or come down 下降；走下；降下 •The path descended steeply into the valley.这条路很陡，一直通到山谷。 •Jane descended the stairs.简走下了楼梯。 intransitive literary ■If darkness or night descends, it becomes dark and day changes to night. （暮色）降临；（天幕）落下 [dɪ'send] verb NEGATIVE MOOD 负面情绪 intransitive literary ■If a negative or bad feeling descends, it is felt everywhere in a place or by everyone at the same time （坏心情）遍布 •A feeling of despair descended (on intransitive literary ■If a condition, usually a negative condition, descends, it quickly develops in every part of a place 笼罩 •Silence descended on [dɪ'send] verb Phrasal Verbs descend from sth ■to have developed from something that existed in the past 从…发展演变而来 •All living creatures are thought to descend from an organism that came into being three billion years ago.据说所有生物都是从30亿年前出现的一种有机体演变而来的。 be descended from sb ■to be related to a particular person or group of people who lived in the past 从…繁衍而来；是…的后代 •Her father is descended from Greek royalty.她的父亲是希腊皇室的后代。 •Humans are descended from (= developed from) ape-like creatures.人类是从类人猿进化而来的。 [dɪ'send] verb Phrasal Verbs descend into sth formal ■If a situation descends into a particular state, it becomes worse 陷入 •The demonstrations in the capital rapidly descended into anarchy.首都的游行示威活动迅速陷入一种无政府状态。 [dɪ'send] verb Phrasal Verbs descend on/upon sb/sth ■If a group of people descend on a place or person, they arrive, usually without warning or without being invited 突然造访，突然到达 •Sorry to descend on you like this, but we had no time to phone.如此唐突造访非常抱歉，我们实在没来得及事先给你打电话。 •The police descended on the house in the early hours of the morning.凌晨员警突然闯进那所房子。 [dɪ'send] verb Phrasal Verbs descend to sth ■to behave badly in a way that other people would not expect you to 堕落成为，堕落到 •I never thought she would descend to stealing |
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