descendant
/dɪˈsendənt/📚 6220 1六级考研托福Someone's descendants are the people in later generations who are related to them. 后代
noun [集合/集体]后裔，子孙；派生物，衍生物
Something modern which developed from an older thing can be called a descendant of it.
衍生物 They are descendants of the original English and Scottish settlers. 他们是最初的英格兰和苏格兰移民的后裔。
adjective [原级]下降的；祖传的
These adaptations served their descendant well as they invaded land.
这些适应机制在它们的后代进化成陆生生物时起了很好的协助作用。
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- Lesson 16 The modern city descendant 名词: 子孙，后代
descend(下来， 下降) ＋ ant(表人) → 下一代 → 后代， 后裔
单词造句:
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- They are descendants of the original English and Scottish settlers. 他们是最初的英格兰和苏格兰移民的后裔。
- His design was a descendant of a 1956 device. 他的设计是1956年一个装置的衍生物。
- This method tells you all information you need to know: whether one node is descendant of an ancestor of the other, whether it is before or after, and so on. 这个方法告诉您所有想知道的信息：一个节点是否是另一个节点的祖先的后代，它是在前面还是后面呢，等等。
- He was an O'Conor and a direct descendant of the last High King of Ireland. 他属于奥康纳家族，是爱尔兰最后一位君王的嫡系后裔。
descendant的重要知识点
descendant n. 后裔，子孙
- He is a direct descendant of Confucius. 他是孔子的直系后代。
- His design was a descendant of a 1956 device. 他的设计是1956年一个装置的衍生物。
- You can do this by using descendant selectors. [计算机编程]为此可使用后代选择器。
| offspring 后代，子孙；产物 (单数同形) | There are frequent conflicts between parents and their offspring. 父母和他们的后代之间经常发生冲突。 |
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| posterity 子孙，后裔；后代 | These works of art are preserved for posterity. 这些艺术品被保存下来留给后代。 |
| ancestor 始祖，祖先 | Our family can trace its ancestors back to the 17th century. 我们家族可以追溯到17世纪的祖先。 |
| forefather 祖先；前辈 | Our forefathers established this town over two centuries ago. 我们的祖先在两个多世纪前建立了这座城镇。 |
| forebear 祖先；祖宗 | She often spoke of the hardships faced by her forebears. 她经常谈起她的祖先所面临的困境。 |
| predecessor 前任，前辈 | Bill Clinton is George W. Bush’s predecessor. 比尔·克林顿是乔治·W·布什的前任。 |
| successor 继承者；后续的事物 | George W. Bush is Bill Clinton's successor. 乔治·W·布什是比尔·克林顿的继任者。 |
| be descended from … 是…的后代 | We are all descended from Yandi and Huangdi. 我们都是炎帝和黄帝的后代。 |
| be descendants of … 是…的后代 (名词用法) | We are all descendants of Yandi and Huangdi. 我们都是炎帝和黄帝的后代。 |