詞匯精選:descend的用法和辨析
一、詳細(xì)釋義:
v.
下來(lái);下去;下降;沿…向下 [I,T]
例句:
You can ride the escalator up but have to descend on foot.
你可以搭電梯上去,但要自己走下來(lái)。
例句:
I wish that the prices can descend.
但愿物價(jià)會(huì)下降。
下斜;下傾 [I,T]
例句:
We turn the corner and see that the road descend steeply.
我們轉(zhuǎn)過(guò)彎,看到路陡然下傾。
降臨 [I,T]
例句:
The plague descended upon this small town.
瘟疫突然降臨到這個(gè)小城鎮(zhèn)。
例句:
The noise became obliterating. Then solid darkness descended.
接下來(lái),噪音消失了,黑暗降臨了。
遺傳 [I]
例句:
According to the bible, we is all descend from adam.
據(jù)圣經(jīng)所載,我們?nèi)莵啴?dāng)?shù)暮笠帷?
例句:
He descended from an ancient stem.
他出身于一個(gè)古老的家系。
屈尊;墮落 [I]
例句:
You would never descend to fraud.
你絕不能墮落到騙人的地步。
例句:
You would never descend to cheating.
你絕不至淪于欺騙。
襲擊 [I]
例句:
Be on the lookout! The enemy may descend upon us any moment.
警惕些,敵人隨時(shí)都可能向我們發(fā)動(dòng)突然襲擊。
二、詞義辨析:
descend,drop,fall,sink
這些動(dòng)詞都表示“落下,下降”之意。 descend通常指沿斜線或斜坡下降。 drop指物體從一定高度落下。 fall與drop同義,指突然或猛烈地降落,但fall也可指任何下落,同高度或形式無(wú)關(guān)。 sink指在空氣或水中垂直下降、下沉。
三、參考例句:
The plane began to descend.
飛機(jī)開始降落。
I wish that the prices can?descend.
但愿物價(jià)會(huì)下降。
You would never descend to cheating.
你絕不至淪于欺騙。
You would never descend to fraud.
你絕不能墮落到騙人的地步。
I would never descend to begging.
我永遠(yuǎn)也不會(huì)淪落到以乞討為生。
These ideas descend from those of the ancient philosophers.
這些觀點(diǎn)源于古代的哲學(xué)家。
According to the bible, we is all descend from adam.
據(jù)圣經(jīng)所載,我們?nèi)莵啴?dāng)?shù)暮笠帷?
Be on the lookout! The enemy may descend upon us any moment.
警惕些,敵人隨時(shí)都可能向我們發(fā)動(dòng)突然襲擊。
The balloon began to descend and it landed near an airfield.
熱氣球開始降落,并在一個(gè)機(jī)場(chǎng)附近著陸。
We turn the corner and see that the road descend steeply.
我們轉(zhuǎn)過(guò)彎,看到路陡然下傾。
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