descends

英 [dɪˈsendz] 美 [dɪˈsendz]

v.  下来; 下去; 下降; 下斜; 下倾; 降临; 来临
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  1. VERB 下来;下降;走下
    If you descend or if you descend a 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。
  2. VERB (情绪、气氛等)降临，笼罩
    When a mood or atmosphere descends on a 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。
  3. 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 they have descended on you.
    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。
  4. VERB (夜幕、黄昏、黑暗等)降临
    When night, dusk, or darkness descends, 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。
  5. VERB 降低身份;堕落;沦落
    If you say that someone descends to behaviour 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。
  6. 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 they are descending into that 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。
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双语例句

  1. Keep the drill steady while it ascends and descends
    打钻和提钻时要保持钻头平稳。
  2. The curtain descends on the winter games.
    冰上比赛落下帷幕。
  3. In Angry Birds Space, a giant claw descends from the sky and kidnaps the birds 'eggs.
    在《愤怒的小鸟：太空版》中，天空中伸出一只巨爪，抢走了鸟蛋。
  4. The road descends to the beach.
    道路下斜通向海滩。
  5. The mass of the laser-ablated substance descends along with increasing the amount of action pulse.
    激光烧蚀样品质量随着脉冲个数的增加而递减。
  6. Again it descends to earth, and takes back the power of the above and the below.
    然后，它还能再降落到地面。积聚上界和下界的所有力量。
  7. 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。
  8. As the stream descends it broadens.
    随着溪水下流，水面变宽了。
  9. This music descends from the early ballads of the Yi people.
    驿站里的居民有主要是汉族和彝族。这音乐源于彝族的早期民歌。
  10. The road descends steeply near that village.
    在那村子附近，这条路下一个陡坡。
  11. She descends in a direct line from the country's first president.
    她是这个国家的首任总统的直系后裔。
  12. The government is adopting these measure, hopes that the house price will soar descends.
    政府正在采取这些措施，希望将飞涨的房价降下来。
  13. 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。
  14. He acts in concert with his fellow spectators and descends two or three rungs on the evolutionary ladder.
    他的行为与他的同胞音乐会观众和进化阶梯下降的两个或三个梯级。
  15. 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。
  16. 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。
  17. His family descends from the first French immigrants.
    他这一家是第一批法国移民的后裔。
  18. 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。
  19. At6.30pm the tropical darkness descends.
    下午6点半热带的黑夜降临了。
  20. The hill descends by a gradual slope to the plain.
    这山坡度缓缓下斜迄平原。
  21. When it descends, the visitor naturally glides by self-gravity.
    下降时，靠自身的重力自然下滑。
  22. The path descends the hill.
    这条小径沿山而下。
  23. We feel weightless when the elevator descends.
    当电梯下降时，我们会感到失重。
  24. You can gain an edge through price or quality or innovation, but often this contest descends into litigation.
    你可以利用价格、质量或创新获得竞争优势，但这种争斗经常会不断升级，甚至达到对簿公堂的地步。
  25. The water can freeze when the temperature descends below the centigrade zero.
    当温度下降至摄氏零度以下时，水会结冰。
  26. 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。
  27. This is the oldest portion of the Avesta and descends directly from the prophet and his disciples.
    这是最古老的部分阿维斯塔及直系后裔的先知和他的弟子。
  28. Suddenly a Faustian spirit of discontent and universal reform descends on you.
    突然间，你成了浮士德精神的化身，对现实不满，要实行世界性的改革。
  29. Even when man descends from this dizzy height, he is devoid of ideas of "I" and "mine";
    即使人从晕眩的高处下降，也缺少“我”和“我的”的念头；
  30. 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。
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