时间: 2025-04-26 01:48:06
美: [dɪ'sɛnd]
英: [dɪ'send]
vi. 下降；下去；下来；遗传；屈尊
vt. 下去；沿…向下
最后更新时间:2025-04-26 01:48:06
词源分析：DESCEND源自拉丁语“descendere”，由“de-”表示“向下”与“scendere”表示“攀登”组成。字面意思为“向下攀登”。
历史背景：该词在英语中的首次使用可以追溯到14世纪，常用于文学作品和**文本中，描述精神或物理上的下降。
课本：在*，DESCEND可能出现在初中或高中英语教材中；在牛津英语词典和美国中学的英语教材中，通常出现在中级或高级阶段的学中。
正式与非正式语境：
特殊场合：
The airplane began to descend as it approached the airport.
飞机在接近机场时开始下降。
As the sun began to descend, the sky turned a beautiful shade of orange.
随着太阳开始下降，天空变成了一种美丽的橙色。
The team will descend into the valley to conduct their research.
团队将下降到山谷中进行研究。
She felt her spirits descend after hearing the bad news.
听到坏消息后，她感到情绪低落。
The descent from the summit was steep and challenging.
从顶峰下降是陡峭而具有挑战性的。
同义词：
微小差异：DESCEND更强调过程和方向，而DROP和SINK则强调结果。
反义词：
微小差异：ASCEND只涉及向上**，而DESCEND则是向下。
这些关联词汇在使用DESCEND时常常出现，有助于扩展理解和应用。
[[正式]] If you descend or if you descend a staircase, you move downward from a higher to a lower level. 下 (楼梯等); 下来
例：Things are cooler and more damp as we descend to the cellar.我们往地窖中下得越深，里面就越冷、越潮湿。
[V-I] If a large group of people arrive to see you, especially if their visit is unexpected or causes you a lot of work, you can say that they have descended on you. 突然到访
例：Some 3,000 city officials will descend on Capitol Hill on Tuesday to lobby for more money.大约三千名市政官员将于周二突访美国国会山，为争取更多经费游说。
[[强调]] When you want to emphasize that the situation that someone is entering is very bad, you can say that they are descending into that situation. 陷入
例：He was ultimately overthrown and the country descended into chaos.他最终被推翻，国家陷入了混乱。
[[表不满]] If you say that someone descends to behaviour which you consider unacceptable, you are expressing your disapproval of the fact that they do it. 堕落
例：We're not going to descend to such methods.我们不会堕落到使用这些方式的份上。