descending

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WordReference English-Chinese Dictionary © 2025:

主要翻译
英语中文
descending adj (going down)SCSimplified Chinese 下降的 xià jiàng de
  SCSimplified Chinese 下行的
 The piece begins with a sequence of rapidly descending notes.
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WordReference English-Chinese Dictionary © 2025:

主要翻译
英语中文
descend⇒ vi (physically: go down)SCSimplified Chinese 下去，下降，往下 xià qù，xià jiàng ，wǎng xià
TCTraditional Chinese 下去，下降
  SCSimplified Chinese 下倾，下斜 xià qīng，xià xié
 The snow began falling and we decided we had better descend.
descend vi (numbers: become fewer, lower) (数字)SCSimplified Chinese 减少，降低 jiǎn shǎo ，jiàng dī
TCTraditional Chinese 減少，降低
 Rates of HIV infection have finally begun to descend.
descend vi figurative (settle, fall)SCSimplified Chinese 降临, 来临
 When the president walked into the room, a respectful hush descended.
descend [sth]⇒ vtr (go down: stairs, slope)SCSimplified Chinese 走下
  SCSimplified Chinese 沿着…下来
 I began to descend the hill and discovered I had no brakes.
descend into [sth] vi + prep (enter [sth] by going down)SCSimplified Chinese 下降进入...
 If we enter through this tunnel we will descend into a large cavern.
descend into [sth] vi + prep figurative (turn to: [sth] less moral)SCSimplified Chinese 堕入...，陷入...
 The use of methamphetamines will cause you to descend into a living hell of addiction.
descend on [sth/sb] vi + prep figurative (settle on, fall on)SCSimplified Chinese 降临到...，落到...
 A blanket of snow descended on the town.
descend from [sth/sb] vi + prep (living thing: have evolved from)SCSimplified Chinese 是…的后裔 shì … de hòu yì
  SCSimplified Chinese 自...演化而来
 All humans descend from a common ancestor.
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WordReference English-Chinese Dictionary © 2025:

动词短语
descend | descending
英语中文
descend on [sth] vtr phrasal insep informal (visit [sth] en masse) (非正式用语)SCSimplified Chinese 造访，到访 zào fǎng，dào fǎng
 Thousands of protestors descended on the capital to demonstrate against big government.
descend on [sb] vtr phrasal insep informal (visit [sb] unexpectedly)SCSimplified Chinese 突然造访...
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WordReference English-Chinese Dictionary © 2025:

复合形式：
descending | descend
英语中文
in descending order expr (from largest to smallest)SCSimplified Chinese 降序
  SCSimplified Chinese 按降序
in descending order of [sth] expr (from largest to smallest of)SCSimplified Chinese 将...按降序排列
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Collins Chinese Dictionary Plus (3rd edition), 2011:

descend [dɪˈsɛnd]
I vt (frm) [+ stairs, hill] 下 xià
II vi
1 (frm: go down) 下来(來) xiàlái
2 ▶ to descend (on/upon sb/sth) [calm, hush, gloom] 向(某人/某物)袭(襲)来(來) xiàng (mǒurén/mǒuwù) xílái
[visitors, tourists] 突然涌(湧)向(某人/某地) tūrán yǒngxiàng (mǒurén/mǒudì)
  • to be descended from
    [person] 是…的后(後)裔 shì…de hòuyì [animal] 由…演变(變)而来(來) yóu…yǎnbiàn ér lái
  • to descend to sth/to doing sth
    [+ lying, begging etc]屈尊于(於)某事/做某事 qūzūn yú mǒushì/zuò mǒushì
  • in descending order
    按递(遞)减(減)的顺(順)序 àn dìjiǎn de shùnxù
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在英文解释里：
descendent - falling - hard landing - smooth landing
中文：
下行


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