descends

英 [dɪˈsendz]

美 [dɪˈsendz]

v.  下来; 下去; 下降; 下斜; 下倾; 降临; 来临
descend的第三人称单数

柯林斯词典

• VERB 下来;下降;走下
  If youdescendor if youdescenda staircase, you move downwards from a higher to a lower level.
  1. Things are cooler and more damp as we descend to the cellar...
     当我们往下走去地窖时，四周愈见阴冷潮湿。
  2. She descended one flight of stairs.
     她走下了一段楼梯。
• VERB (情绪、气氛等)降临，笼罩
  When a mood or atmospheredescends ona place or on the people there, it affects them by spreading among them.
  1. An uneasy calm descended on the area...
     一种令人不安的平静笼罩了该地区。
  2. A reverent hush descended on the multitude.
     人群虔敬地噤了声。
• VERB （大批人）突然到来，突然造访
  If a large group of people arrive to see you, especially if their visit is unexpected or causes you a lot of work, you can say that theyhave descended onyou.
  1. 3,000 city officials descended on Capitol Hill to lobby for more money...
     3,000名市政官员齐聚国会山，为筹集更多的款项进行游说。
  2. Curious tourists and reporters from around the globe are descending upon the peaceful villages.
     好奇的游客和记者从世界各地一齐涌向这些平静的村落。
• VERB (夜幕、黄昏、黑暗等)降临
  When night, dusk, or darknessdescends, it starts to get dark.
  1. Darkness has now descended and the moon and stars shine hazily in the clear sky.
     夜幕现在已经降临，晴朗的天空里月影婆娑，星光朦胧。
• VERB 降低身份;堕落;沦落
  If you say that someonedescends tobehaviour which you consider unacceptable, you are expressing your disapproval of the fact that they do it.
  1. We're not going to descend to such methods...
     我们不会沦落到使用这种手段。
  2. She's got too much dignity to descend to writing anonymous letters.
     她是个自尊心很强的人，绝不会自贬身份去写匿名信。
• VERB 陷入(糟糕境地)
  When you want to emphasize that the situation that someone is entering is very bad, you can say that theyare descending intothat situation.
  1. He was ultimately overthrown and the country descended into chaos.
     他最终被推翻，整个国家则陷入了混乱。

双语例句

• As dusk descends on the mountains, a pangolin emerges from its burrow.
  当薄暮涌入山区，一只穿山甲从地洞钻了出来。
• If it encounters water as it descends, a steam explosion may then scatter the molten uranium.
  如果熔出的铀和水会合，产生的蒸汽爆炸会把铀四处抛洒。
• His family descends from the first French immigrants.
  他这一家是第一批法国移民的后裔。
• Near it in the corner is a turret with a narrow arched doorway leading to a winding stair which descends to the courtyard.
  在角落中在它的附近是与带领到对庭院降的蜿蜒的一级的一个狭窄的弓形门口一个小塔。
• The trail descends into the inner gorge, revealing new colors as we approach the Colorado River.
  这条古道下降到峡谷内，露出新的颜色在我们接近科罗拉多河。
• Following the instruction of the geographer, he descends in the Sahara, on the earth.
  从事地理学者的指示，他在撒哈拉大沙漠下降，在地球上。
• When it descends, the visitor naturally glides by self-gravity.
  下降时，靠自身的重力自然下滑。
• The path descends the hill.
  这条小径沿山而下。
• Give thanks for the Grace that descends during this precious period of time.
  在这宝贵时间里感谢神降下的恩典。
• The seed slowly descends and draws closer to the point.
  种子慢慢地下来而且渐渐靠近了关键点。