descend
[di'send]
v.下降, 降临
v.传下来, 遗传
v.突然袭击, 突然拜访
例句与用法：
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
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。
The sun descended behind the hills.
太阳下山了。
Armed thieves descended on the helpless travelers.
一群武装盗贼袭击了无依无靠的旅客。
词形变化：
形容词: descendible | 动词过去式: descended | 动词过去分词: descended | 动词现在分词: descending | 动词第三人称单数: descends |
详细释义：
vi.
1. 下来, 下降[(+from)]
You can ride the escalator up but have to descend on foot.
你可以搭电梯上去, 但要自己走下来。
2. 下倾, 下斜
The mountain path descends to the lake.
山路下斜通向湖边。
3. 传下来, 来自于[(+from)]
The custom has descended to our day.
这一习俗一直传到今天。
4. 突然袭击; 突然拜访[(+on/upon)]
Bob and his girl friend descended on us for the weekend.
鲍勃和他女友突然来我家过周末。
5. 屈尊; 堕落[(+to)]
6. 为……的后裔[H][(+from)]
He is descended from Confucius.
他是孔子的后裔。
vt.
走下; 沿……向下
短语词组：
descend from
1. 起源于; 是……的后裔
His family descends from the first English immigrants.
他这一家是第一批英国移民的后裔。
descend on/upon
1. 突然袭击
The robbers descended on the village.
强盗突然袭击那村子。
2. 向……涌来
Letters of application descended on them like snowflakes.
申请信件像雪片似地向他们飞来。
descend to
1. 向下延伸至
The mountain path descends to a small river.
那条山间小路向下延伸到一条小河。
2. 堕落到
How come she has descended to stealing?
她怎么会堕落到偷窃的?