单词	descent
释义	descentde‧scent /dɪˈsent/ ●○○ noun Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES a slippery descent Passengers said the cabin shook violently during the plane's descent. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS He had circulated a document which professed to trace his descent, through his father, from the Prophet. People in trance often begin their journeys by experiencing a descent through a downward tunnel. The engineers used the idea that moulds life itself: descent with modification. The journey always starts with the endless descent to the street. We took four hits, and immediately, we went into a rapid descent to elude the machine guns. word sets WORD SETS► Family baby, nounbarrier method, nounbetrothal, nounboy, nounBr., branch, nouncontraception, nouncousin, noundescendant, noundescent, noundistant, adjectivedivorce, noundivorce, verbdivorced, adjectivedivorcée, noundomestic, adjectivedowry, noundynasty, nounex, nounextended family, nounfamilial, adjectivefamily man, nounfamily planning, nounfamily tree, nounfather, nounfather-in-law, nounfiancé, nounfiancée, nounfilial, adjectivefirst cousin, noungodchild, noungoddaughter, noungrandad, noungrandaddy, noungrandchild, noungranddad, noungranddaddy, noungranddaughter, noungrandfather, noungrandma, noungrandmother, noungrandpa, noungrandparent, noungrandson, noungranny, nounhalf-brother, nounhalf-sister, nounhereditary, adjectivehouse husband, nounin-laws, nounintermarry, verbmaiden aunt, nounmaid of honour, nounmam, nounmama, nounmamma, nounmammy, nounman, nounmarital, adjectivematrimony, nounmiscegenation, nounmixed marriage, nounmonogamy, nounnuclear family, nounoedipal, adjectiveOedipus complex, nounone-parent family, nounparent, nounparentage, nounparental, adjectiveparenthood, nounparenting, nounpaternity, nounpaternity suit, nounpatriarch, nounpatriarchy, nounpedigree, nounpolygamy, nounpropinquity, nounproposal, nounrelative, nounscion, nounseparate, verbseparated, adjectiveseparation, nounsibling, nounsingle parent, nounsister, nounsister-in-law, nounstepbrother, nounstepchild, nounstepdaughter, nounstepfather, nounstepmother, nounstepsister, nounstepson, noununcle, noununion, noununmarried, adjectiveupbringing, nounwedding, nounwedlock, nounwhite wedding, nounwidow, nounwidower, nounwidowhood, noun Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY► of Russian/Italian etc descent  young men and women of Asian descent ► claimed descent  The emperor claimed descent from David. ► descent into alcoholism/chaos/madness etc  his descent into drug abuse COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES► claim descent (=say that you are related to someone important who lived a long time ago)· He claimed descent from Beethoven. ► a steep descent (=a steep journey, slope, or path downwards)· the steep descent into the beautiful Farndale Valley COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE► long · Then follows a long descent along a forest avenue to Loch Maree.· The engines continue to burn and the shuttle starts a slow 2 minute long descent back to Earth.· For the Conservatives it was the start of the long descent towards the agony of Black Wednesday.· Our Czech hosts knew little about it, save that the approach was long and the descent intricate.· They made a long, unhurried descent. ► slow · On the slow descent to Bristol airport a creature had attached itself to one of the wings.· The tracks took him down a constant and slow descent then stopped at an old fence. ► steep · If the model is set up correctly, it should make a steep descent under full control.· The Robinson 22 light helicopter was on an auto-gyration practice flight when the tail rotor touched the ground during a steep descent.· The plane had gone into a steep descent and an explosion ripped the air. NOUN► group · None the less the fact remains that the presence of descent groups tells us nothing directly about domestic organization.· Some primates live in patrilineal rather than matrilineal descent groups.· There is a lot of evidence that such internal restrictions occur in all the accounts of descent groups amassed by anthropologists.· This is a political system based on descent groups and the kinship and marriage ties that link them.· In patrilineal descent groups, he argued, the individual family and private property were prominent and the communal principle already moribund.· Confessional status had become the basis for an exclusive descent group. VERB► begin · He noticed the change of pitch in the engine noise and the slight tilt of the aircraft as it began its descent.· Some one hit the down button and the Oval once again began its forty-foot descent into the earth.· Slowly, he shook his head once or twice, and then began to make the descent.· And waited in rage and self-recrimination as the elevator began its irrevocable descent?· The aircraft had begun its descent to Houston Intercontinental Airport when it disappeared from radar screens.· He had two options, he thought, as the plane began the descent to Brussels.· We inched up over the ridge and began our descent on to the high, tree-stippled plateau of far western Chihuahua. ► continue · Like the outbound leg, if you lose timing don't continue the descent.· Without a working budget, or a viable rescue plan, the organization continued its disastrous descent into the financial sinkhole.· Otherwise there have been two possibilities which effectively continue the lines of descent from Hegelian historicism and the history of science. ► control · The leak forced a controlled descent of the giant balloon about 250 kilometres to the west of the launch site.· Moreover, he could control his descent, and could come down slower or quicker as he wished. ► make · The presidential plane was making its final descent.· I lined up on the general area and made a gentle descent into the darkness.· Slowly, he shook his head once or twice, and then began to make the descent.· There was a fair wind spattering them with rain as they made their descent to the beach.· If the model is set up correctly, it should make a steep descent under full control.· He also made his first descent from a balloon by parachute.· The Chief has just made the descent into blindness-Mariama is shocked when he doesn't respond to my outstretched hand. ► start · Since buying the cottage, house prices had started on a steady descent.· The journey always starts with the endless descent to the street.· He knew they'd be starting their descent in another five minutes.· I started my descent about a mile away and a thousand feet high.· Steadily it turned, gradually gaining speed when he started his descent and gravity took over. 1[countable, uncountable] formal the process of going down OPP  ascent:  Passengers must fasten their seat belts prior to descent.descent from/to The descent to Base Camp took about two days.2[uncountable] your family origins, especially your nationality or relationship to someone important who lived a long time agoof Russian/Italian etc descent young men and women of Asian descentdescent from The emperor claimed descent from David.by descent They’re Irish by descent.3[countable] a path or road that goes down a slope OPP  ascentdescent from/to There is no direct descent from the summit.4[singular] a gradual change towards behaviour or a situation that is very baddescent into alcoholism/chaos/madness etc his descent into drug abuse5[singular] British English a sudden unwanted visit or attack:  the descent on the town by a motorcycle gang
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