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

• When it descends, the visitor naturally glides by self-gravity.
  下降时，靠自身的重力自然下滑。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• As the stream descends it broadens.
  随着溪水下流，水面变宽了。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。