de.scend
v.（动词）de.scend.ed,de.scend.ing,de.scends v.intr.（不及物动词）To move from a higher to a lower place; come or go down.下来：从较高的地方移到较低的地方；降下To slope, extend, or incline downward:向下倾斜，向下延伸：例句：.A rough path descended like a steep stair into the plain.(J.R.R. Tolkien).一条坎坷不平的小路象陡峭的楼梯一样向下延伸入平原.(J.R.R.托尔金)
To come from an ancestor or ancestry:遗传下来，传下：来自祖先：例句：She was descended from a pioneer family.她来自一个早期的开拓者家庭
To come down from a source; derive:来自；来源于：从某一起源传下来；起源于：例句：a tradition descending from colonial days.从殖民地时代流传下来的传统
To pass by inheritance:继承：通过遗产传递：例句：The house has descended through four generations.这座房子已经传了四代
To lower oneself; stoop:自嘲；自谦：降低自己的身份；降格，卑屈：例句：.She, the conqueror, had descended to the level of the conquered.(James Bryce).她，一个征服者，屈尊成为被征服者.(詹姆斯·布赖斯)
To proceed or progress downward, as in rank, pitch, or scale:按降序处理：按等级、程度或规模的降序进行或处理：例句：titles listed in descending order of importance; notes that descended to the lower register.按显赫程度由高到低排列的头衔；由高音区降至低音域的音符
To arrive or attack in a sudden or an overwhelming manner:蜂拥而至：突然或大量地到来或猛烈地侵袭：例句：summer tourists descending on the seashore village.夏季旅游者涌入这座海滨小镇
v.tr.（及物动词）
To move from a higher to a lower part of; go down.下降：从较高部分移到较低部分；下降To get down from:从…下来：例句：.People descended the minibus that shuttled guests to the nearby . . . beach.(Howard Kaplan).人们从将乘客载往邻近海滨的小公共汽车上走下来.(霍华德·卡普兰)
To extend or proceed downward along:延伸下来：例句：a road that descended the mountain in sharp curves.陡峭的下山路
来源：Middle English descenden 中古英语 descenden from Old French descendre 源自 古法语 descendre from Latin dôscendere 源自 拉丁语 dôscendere dô- [de-] dô- [前缀，表.否定或相反.] scandere [to climb] * see skand- scandere [爬] *参见 skand-
【引伸】
descend.ible 或
descend.able
adj.（形容词）
