descent是什么意思

详细释义

• 0 the state or fact of being related to a particular person or group of people who lived in the past -- 血缘关系，家族关系；祖先；出身

  • She's a woman of mixed/French descent. 她是一个混血／法裔女人。

  • They trace their line of descent back to a French duke. 他们的先人可以追溯到一位法国公爵。

  • He claims direct descent from Mohammed. 他自称是穆罕默德的直系后代。

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

  • We weren't prepared for the descent of thousands of journalists on the town. 我们没想到数千名记者会突然来到镇上。

• 2 a movement down -- 下降，下落；下沉

  • The plane began (to make) its final descent into the airport. 飞机开始（做）最终下降，准备在机场着陆。

  • There is a steep descent (= way down, such as a path) to the village below. 有一条很陡的路通向下面的村庄。

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

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