descent的中文用法及示例

• 0 the state or fact of being related to a particular person or group of people who lived in the past -- 血緣關係，家族關係；祖先；出身

  • He claims direct descent from Mohammed. 他自稱是穆罕默德的直系後代。

  • They trace their line of descent back to a French duke. 他們的先人可以追溯到一位法國公爵。

  • She's a woman of mixed/French descent. 她是一個混血／法裔女人。

• 1 an occasion when a group of people arrive somewhere, usually suddenly or unexpectedly -- 不期而至，突然到達

  • We weren't prepared for the descent of thousands of journalists on the town. 我們沒想到數千名記者會突然來到鎮上。

• 2 a movement down -- 下降，下落；下沉

  • There is a steep descent (= way down, such as a path) to the village below. 有一條很陡的路通向下面的村莊。

  • The plane began (to make) its final descent into the airport. 飛機開始（做）最終下降，準備在機場降落。

• 3 a change in someone's behaviour, or in a situation, from good to bad -- 墮落，蛻變

  • His descent into crime was rapid. 他很快就墮落到犯罪的地步。