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

descenddescend /dɪˈsɛnd/ ●●○ verb

ETYMOLOGYdescend

Origin: 1300-1400 Old French descendre, from Latin scandere to climb

VERB TABLE

descend

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	descend
	he, she, it	descends
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	descended
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have descended
	he, she, it	has descended
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had descended
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will descend
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have descended

Continuous Form
Present	I	am descending
	he, she, it	is descending
	you, we, they	are descending
Past	I, he, she, it	was descending
	you, we, they	were descending
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been descending
	he, she, it	has been descending
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been descending
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be descending
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been descending

COLLOCATIONS► descend to ... level

Other people will gossip, but don’t descend to their level (=behave as badly as they do).

1[intransitive, transitive] formal to move from a higher level to a lower one OPP ascend: The plane started to descend. Several climbers were descending the mountain.descend from/to/onto The elevator descended to the seventh floor, and Anna got out.2[intransitive] if a road, path, etc. descends, it slopes downward OPP ascend: After a mile, the road started to descend.descend into/under/from etc. something The tunnel descends 200 feet into the earth.3in descending order numbers, choices, etc. that are in descending order are arranged from the highest or most important to the lowest or least important: Food manufacturers must list ingredients in descending order by weight.4[intransitive] literary if darkness, night, etc. descends, it begins to get dark [Origin: 1300–1400 Old French descendre, from Latin scandere to climb]descend from somebody/something phrasal verb1be descended from somebody to be related to someone who lived a long time ago: His mother is descended from Cherokee Indians.2to have developed from something that existed in the past: descend from something ideas that descend from ancient Greek philosophydescend into something phrasal verb if a situation or place descends into a bad situation, the bad situation happens: The country finally descended into civil war.descend on/upon somebody/something phrasal verb1if a large group of people descends on a place, they go there to visit or stay, often when they are not welcome: Thousands of students will descend on Florida for spring break.2literary if a feeling descends on someone, he or she begins to feel itdescend to something phrasal verb to behave or speak in an impolite way that is not what people expect from you: The debate descended to name-calling. Other people will gossip, but don’t descend to their level (=behave as badly as they do).