descend
/dɪˈsend/📚 4037 2四级六级考研托福雅思If you descend or if you descend a staircase, you move downward from a higher to a lower level. 下 (楼梯等); 下来
verb [vt. 及物动词]下来，下降；下倾，下斜；降临，来临；（情绪、气氛等）笼罩；突然到来，突然造访；降低身份，堕落；衰落，陷入；遗传
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.
突然到访 Things are cooler and more damp as we descend to the cellar. 我们往地窖中下得越深，里面就越冷、越潮湿。
- descend 出现在下面的课文中（提供视频、音频及笔记等可系统性学习）
- Lesson 41 Illusions of pastoral peace descend 动词: 下落，降临
- Lesson 91 Three men in a basket
de(向下) + scend(爬) → 往下爬 → 下降； 遗传
单词造句:
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- Some 3,000 city officials will descend on Capitol Hill on Tuesday to lobby for more money. 大约三千名市政官员将于周二突访美国国会山，为争取更多经费游说。
- He was ultimately overthrown and the country descended into chaos. 他最终被推翻，国家陷入了混乱。
- We're not going to descend to such methods. 我们不会堕落到使用这些方式的份上。
- Things are cooler and more damp as we descend to the cellar. 我们往地窖中下得越深，里面就越冷、越潮湿。
- The pilots were told to descend to 2-2,000 feet. 飞行员被告知要将飞机下降到2-2000英尺。
- It expels gas to descend, and expels water from trim bladders to rise. 它通过排出气体来下降，并通过把水排出气囊来上升。
- The plane began to descend. 飞机开始降落。
descend的重要知识点
| descend 下降 (v.) | The plane began to descend as it approached the airport. 当飞机接近机场时，它开始下降。 |
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| ascend 上升 (v.) | The path continued to ascend steeply up the mountainside. 这条小路继续陡峭地向上攀升。 |
| in descending order 降序 | Please sort the list of names in descending order of age. 请按年龄的降序排列这份名单。 |
| in ascending order 升序 | The numbers were arranged in ascending order from one to ten. 这些数字按升序排列，从一到十。 |
| condescend 屈尊；俯就 (vi.) | The general condescended to dine with the soldiers. 将军屈尊和士兵们一起用餐。 |
| transcend 胜过，超越 (vt.) | The best movies are those which transcend national and cultural barriers. 最好的电影是那些超越国家和文化障碍的电影。 |