descend

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• ① 1下降,降(←→ascend)2下坡;倾斜
  • The valley became more beautiful as we descended.我们下去时,那山谷变得愈美。
  • He descended from the mountaintop.他从山顶下来。
  • The Yellow River descends to the Gulf of Bohai.黄河入渤海湾。
  • The path descends steeply.那小座小山往东陡降。

• ② (土地、性质等)传,传下来
  • The title descends to me from my father.这头衔由我的父亲传给我。

• ③ 屈身;用(卑鄙的手段等)
  • I'm surprised that he should descend to fraud.我感到惊讶的是,他竟然自贬到去诈欺。

• ④ 袭击,突袭;突至
  • The army descended on the city during the night.军队在夜里突袭那个城市。
  • My parents descended on me yesterday.我的父母昨天突然来到我的住所。
  • His anger descended upon all of us.他的怒气发泄在我们大家身上。
  • Dusk descended on the village again.暮色又降临该村。