/dɪˈsend ||; dɪˈsɛnd/verb
[I,T] (formal 正式) to go down to a lower place; to go down sth 下来;下去;下降:
The plane started to descend and a few minutes later we landed.飞机开始下降,几分钟后我们便着陆了。She descended the stairs slowly.她慢慢地走下楼梯。 [OPP] opposite ascend 反义词为ascendbe descended from sb to have sb as a relative in past times 是某人的后裔:
He says he's descended from a Russian prince.他说他是一位俄国王子的后代。
descend/dIˋsɛnd; dIˈsend/v 1 [I,T] formal to go down [ ascend ]【正式】下来﹐下降: He slowly descended the steps. 他缓慢地走下台阶。2 be descended from sb to be related to someone who lived a long time ago 是…的后裔﹐为…之后: She is descended from a family of French aristocrats. 她是法国一个贵族之家的后裔。
descenddescenddescendsdescendeddescendingverb (descends, descending, descended) (formal)to go down: The plane started to descend.speakingIt is more usual to say go down.