descend
verb /dɪˈsend/
/dɪˈsend/
动词形式
Phrasal Verbspresent simple I / you / we / they descend | /dɪˈsend/ /dɪˈsend/ |
he / she / it descends | /dɪˈsendz/ /dɪˈsendz/ |
past simple descended | /dɪˈsendɪd/ /dɪˈsendɪd/ |
past participle descended | /dɪˈsendɪd/ /dɪˈsendɪd/ |
-ing form descending | /dɪˈsendɪŋ/ /dɪˈsendɪŋ/ |
下来;下去;下降 - The plane began to descend.
飞机开始降落。 - The results, ranked in descending order (= from the highest to the lowest) are as follows…
结果按递减顺序排列如下… - descend something She descended the stairs slowly.
她缓慢地走下楼梯。
Collocations Dictionaryadverb- quickly
- rapidly
- slowly
- …
- The plane began to descend.
- [intransitive] (formal) (of a hill, etc.
) to slope downwards山等 下斜;下倾 - At this point the path descends steeply.
小路从这里陡然而下。
Collocations Dictionaryadverb- steeply
- gently
- gradually
- …
- into
- to
- descend into chaos
- descend into farce
- descend into madness
- …
- At this point the path descends steeply.
- [intransitive] (literary) (of night, darkness, a mood, etc.
) to arrive and begin to affect somebody/something夜晚、黑暗、情绪等 synonym fall降临;来临 - Night descends quickly in the tropics.
热带地区天黑得快。 - descend on/upon somebody/something Calm descended on the crowd.
人群平静下来。
- Night descends quickly in the tropics.
词源Middle English: from Old French descendre, from Latin descendere, from de- ‘down’ + scandere ‘to climb’.