descend
v. 下來,下降,下斜; 淪落; 降臨; 突然造訪; 陷入(糟糕境地)
If you descend or if you descend a staircase, you move downwards from a higher to a lower level.
Things are cooler and more damp as we descend to the cellar...
當我們往下走去地窖時,四周愈見陰冷潮溼。
She descended one flight of stairs.
她走下了一段樓梯。
When a mood or atmosphere descends on a place or on the people there, it affects them by spreading among them.
An uneasy calm descended on the area...
一種令人不安的平靜籠罩了該地區。
A reverent hush descended on the multitude.
人群虔敬地噤了聲。
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 they have descended on you.
3,000 city officials descended on Capitol Hill to lobby for more money...
3,000名市政官員齊聚國會山,為籌集更多的款項進行遊說。
Curious tourists and reporters from around the globe are descending upon the peaceful villages.
好奇的遊客和記者從世界各地一齊湧向這些平靜的村落。
When night, dusk, or darkness descends, it starts to get dark.
Darkness has now descended and the moon and stars shine hazily in the clear sky.
夜幕現在已經降臨,晴朗的天空裡月影婆娑,星光朦朧。
If you say that someone descends to behaviour which you consider unacceptable, you are expressing your disapproval of the fact that they do it.
We're not going to descend to such methods...
我們不會淪落到使用這種手段。
She's got too much dignity to descend to writing anonymous letters.
她是個自尊心很強的人,絕不會自貶身份去寫匿名信。
When you want to emphasize that the situation that someone is entering is very bad, you can say that they are descending into that situation.
He was ultimately overthrown and the country descended into chaos.
他最終被推翻,整個國家則陷入了混亂。
1. move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way;
2. come from; be connected by a relationship of blood, for example;
3. do something that one considers to be below one's dignity
4. come as if by falling;
descend, drop, fall, sink
這些動詞都表示"落下,下降"之意。
As they descend the hill like madmen running a race, he falls.
他們像瘋子賽跑一樣往坡下衝, 他摔倒了.
The pain is beginning to lift, I am beginning to feel a descend upon me.
我的疼痛開始減輕, 我開始感到一種安寧.
In future, astronauts will be required to descend from a spaceship while it is still in space and return to it.
將來, 宇航員應當能從依然在太空中的宇宙飛船中下來,並且能夠回到飛船裡去.
However, the ground water table tends to descend, accounting for 62 % of the cities and regions.
但地下水水位總的發展趨勢仍以下降為主,下降區比例高達62%.
Ended to allly, cover up to descend a little hope.
結束了所有的憧憬, 埋下了一點點希望.