descent
英 [dɪˈsent]
美 [dɪˈsent]
n. 下降; 下倾; 斜坡; 坡道; 血统; 祖籍; 祖先; 出身
复数：descents
Collins.1 / BNC.5385 / COCA.5454
牛津词典
noun
- 下降；下倾
an action of coming or going down- The plane began its descent to Heathrow.
飞机开始向希思罗机场降落。 - the country's swift descent into anarchy
国家迅速陷入无政府状态
- The plane began its descent to Heathrow.
- 斜坡；坡道
a slope going downwards- There is a gradual descent to the sea.
有一片斜坡缓缓伸延到海边。
- There is a gradual descent to the sea.
- 血统；祖籍；祖先；出身
a person's family origins- to be of Scottish descent
祖籍是苏格兰 - He traces his line of descent from the Stuart kings.
他的家族可追溯到斯图亚特王朝。
- to be of Scottish descent
柯林斯词典
- N-VAR 下降;降落
Adescentis a movement from a higher to a lower level or position.- Sixteen of the youngsters set off for help, but during the descent three collapsed in the cold and rain.
16 名年轻人出发去寻求帮助，但在下山过程中有 3 人因寒冷和大雨晕倒了。 - ...the crash of an Airbus A300 on its descent into Kathmandu airport.
空客 A300 在加德满都机场降落时的坠毁
- Sixteen of the youngsters set off for help, but during the descent three collapsed in the cold and rain.
- N-COUNT 斜坡;斜面
Adescentis a surface that slopes downwards, for example the side of a steep hill.- On the descents, cyclists spin past cars, freewheeling downhill at tremendous speed.
在坡道上，自行车手飞驰着超越了一辆辆汽车，靠着惯性一路疾冲下山。
- On the descents, cyclists spin past cars, freewheeling downhill at tremendous speed.
- N-SING (形势的)恶化;(人的)堕落，沦落
When you want to emphasize that a situation becomes very bad, you can talk about someone's or something'sdescentinto that situation.- The only lasting solution lies in a political settlement. Without it, their descent into chaos will be guaranteed.
唯一的长久之计是通过政治手段解决。否则，他们势必会陷入一片混乱。 - ...his swift descent from respected academic to struggling small businessman.
他从一名受人尊敬的学者到一个度日艰难的小商人的瞬间沦落
- The only lasting solution lies in a political settlement. Without it, their descent into chaos will be guaranteed.
- N-UNCOUNT 血统;家世;出身
You usedescentto talk about a person's family background, for example their nationality or social status.- All the contributors were of African descent.
所有的撰稿人都是非裔人士。
- All the contributors were of African descent.
英英释义
noun
- the act of changing your location in a downward direction
- properties attributable to your ancestry
- he comes from good origins
- a movement downward
- the descendants of one individual
- his entire lineage has been warriors
- a downward slope or bend
- the kinship relation between an individual and the individual's progenitors
双语例句
- Offensive terms for a person of Chinese descent.
一个对具有中国人血统的人的侮蔑性称呼。 - I am from China, but I am of Japanese descent.
我来自中国，不过我是日本血统。 - In this paper, a class of new descent algorithm is proposed to solve unconstrained optimization problems.
研究给出了一类新的求解无约束优化问题的下降算法。 - In1871, he published The Descent of Man.
在1871年，他发表了人类的由来。 - A person of mixed European and African descent.
一个具有欧洲人和非洲人混合血统的人。 - All the contributors were of African descent.
所有的撰稿人都是非裔人士。 - Many people have found it to be a successful endeavor and have made a descent income with it.
很多人都发现，这是一个成功的奋斗，并取得了血统的收入而已。 - A person of mixed European and Asian descent.
一个混有欧洲人和亚洲人血统的人。 - When entering a trail or starting a descent, yield to other skiers.
进入滑雪道或开始下滑时，要给其他滑雪者让路。 - Target has increased angle and rate of descent.
目标飞机增大了下降角度和速率。