1movement down下移ADJECTIVE | VERB + DESCENT | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤fast, rapid, swift (especially BrE) 快速下降;迅速下降▸➤slow緩慢下降▸➤steep陡降▸➤gentle, gradual緩緩的下降;逐漸下降▸➤long長距離的下降▸➤difficult, easy有難度的/不費力的下降◇They began the difficult descent of the mountain's south face.他們開始沿山的南坡艱難地往下走。➤final最後的下降◇The plane was making its final descent.飛機進入最後降落階段。VERB + DESCENT➤make下降▸➤begin, start開始下降▸➤continue繼續下降▸➤slow減緩下降◇The space capsule used parachutes to slow its descent.太空艙用降落傘以減低其下降速度。PREPOSITION➤during a/the descent, on a/the descent在下降時◇The engines failed on the plane's descent to Newark.飛機向紐瓦克機場降落時發動機失靈了。➤descent down沿⋯的向下◇I made a slow and painful descent down the stairs.我痛苦地慢慢下樓梯。➤descent from從⋯的下降◇the descent from the top of the mountain從山頂下來➤descent into (figurative) 深陷於⋯中◇his descent into alcoholism他沉溺於酒癮之中➤descent to向⋯的下降◇The plane began its gentle descent to Narita.飛機開始緩緩地向成田機場降落。PHRASES➤a rate of descent下降速度◇We slowed the balloon's rate of descent.我們放慢了氣球的降落速度。descent
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2surface that goes downwards斜坡ADJECTIVE➤gentle緩坡▸➤steep陡坡descent
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3family origins家庭出身ADJECTIVE | VERB + DESCENT | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤direct, lineal直系後裔◇She claims direct descent from Queen Victoria.她聲稱自己是維多利亞女王的直系後裔。➤common共同起源◇Most European languages have a common descent.大多數歐洲語言都有共同的起源。➤mixed混合血統▸➤African, Chinese, European, Irish, etc.非洲裔、華裔、歐洲裔、愛爾蘭裔等VERB + DESCENT➤claim, have聲稱有⋯血統;有⋯血統▸➤trace追溯血統▸➤share共有血統◇groups sharing common descent擁有共同血統的人群PREPOSITION➤by descent按照血統◇She is Hungarian by descent.她祖籍匈牙利。➤descent from出身於⋯◇He claims to have traced descent from Christopher Columbus.他聲稱自己的出身可追溯到克里斯托弗・哥倫布。PHRASES➤a line of descent世系◇Humans and other apes followed separate lines of descent from a common ancestor.人類和其他猿類從一個共同的祖先進化而來,但屬於不同的世系。➤of Mexican, Scottish, etc. descent墨西哥裔的、蘇格蘭裔的等◇She is of mixed European and African descent.她有歐洲和非洲的混合血統。