英 [dɪˈsent] 美 [dɪˈsent]
n. 下降，降落；斜坡，斜面；出身，血统；堕落，沦落；突然到访，突袭
复数descents
descent /dɪˈsɛnt/ CET6 TEM4
有变体名词 A descent is a movement from a higher to a lower level or position. 下降
Sixteen of the youngsters set off for help, but during the descent three collapsed in the cold and rain.
那些年轻人中有16人出发寻求帮助，但在下山过程中有3人在寒冷和阴雨中倒下了。
可数名词 A descent is a surface that slopes downward, for example, the side of a steep hill. 下坡
On the descents, cyclists spin past cars, freewheeling downhill at tremendous speed.
在下坡道上，自行车手们飞快地掠过汽车，靠惯性极速冲下山去。
单数型名词 When you want to emphasize that a situation becomes very bad, you can talk about someone's or something's descent into that situation. 沉沦; 没落
...his swift descent from respected academic to struggling small businessman.
…他从受人尊敬的学者到挣扎求存的小商人的迅速沦落。
不可数名词 You use descent to talk about a person's family background, for example, their nationality or social status. 出身
All the contributors were of African descent.
所有捐助者都是非洲血统。
a movement downward
properties attributable to your ancestry
同义词： origin / extraction
the act of changing your location in a downward direction
the kinship relation between an individual and the individual's progenitors
同义词： line of descent / lineage / filiation
a downward slope or bend
同义词： declivity / fall / decline / declination / declension / downslope
沉降-引用次数：4
Survey on the prototype of container to know the bearing weight’s status about pile with earth, know the descent status of container’s foundation.
4、对施工结束后的罐实体进行原型观测,了解桩土分别承载上部荷载的受力状态和罐基础的沉降状态。
血统
下降;世代
(遗产的)继承，承袭
下降-引用次数：1
参考来源飞机燃油箱氮气惰化系统性能研究
降落-引用次数：1
参考来源军用飞机燃油箱的氮气惰化特性研究
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... taciturn 沉默-------loquacious多话的 Descent降落，侵袭，家系 Rarified使纯化，变稀，精选 ...
《天旋地转》（Descent）是个大作，对吧？龙与地下城名气很
descendant 下降的；祖传的
descending 下降的；下行的
descending 下降（descend的ing形式）
descend 下降；下去；下来；遗传；屈尊
descend 下去；沿…向下
All the contributors were of African descent.
所有捐助者都是非洲血统。
There is a gradual descent to the sea.
有一片斜坡缓缓伸延到海边。
The plane began its descent to Heathrow.
飞机开始向希思罗机场降落。
And in San Francisco, a full one-third of the population is of Asian descent.
VOA : standard.2010.07.26
We learn shortly afterwards that they have taken this descent to the Piraeus to view a festival, a kind of carnival.
我们稍后得知,他们一起南下皮里亚斯,去观赏一场庆典，类似嘉年华的庆典。
政治哲学导论课程节选 : 耶鲁公开课
The focus of the Nativity Ode isn't even really on the Incarnation that's the theological doctrine of divinity's descent into humanity, how God becomes a mortal.
圣诞清晨歌》的重点不在化身上,也就是神的血统转换成人的这一神学教义，上帝是怎么成为凡人的。
弥尔顿课程节选 : 耶鲁公开课
"People of African descent would escape from plantations and they received refuge Native Americans.
VOA : standard.2009.11.25
Other players had a different perspective. Boyd Okwuonu is an American of Nigerian descent.
VOA : standard.2009.11.05
The city's descent into chaos appears to have no heroes, only villains and victims.
And as an American Muslim of Pakistani descent, this attack is tearing me apart.
Even at a 33% discount to book, Six Flags may still be on its scary descent.