英语词汇“descend”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典-新都网

单词

descend

释义

Verb: descend di'send

Move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way
- fall, go down, come down
Come from; be connected by a relationship of blood, for example
"She was descended from an old Italian noble family"
- derive, come
Do something that one considers to be below one's dignity
- condescend, deign
Come as if by falling
- fall, settle

Derived forms: descends, descended, descending

See also: descendant, descendent, descent

Type of: act, come, go, locomote, move, travel

Antonym: ascend

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