descend

vi. 下降, 世代相传, 屈尊, 袭击
vt. 下降
【法】 把财产传给, 遗传

形容词:descendible 动词过去式:descended 过去分词:descended 现在分词:descending 第三人称单数:descends 

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）