descent

n

• ① 1下降,降落(←→ascent)2没落,式微;下跌
  • a descent of temperature气温的下降
  • The balloon made a slow descent.气球徐徐下降。
  • He began the descent of the mountain.他开始下山。
  • a sudden [steep] descent in house prices房屋价格的突然下跌

• ② 下坡;下坡路

• ③[或作a descent]袭击,突袭;(警察等的)突袭检查,临检<on, upon>
  • make a descent on the criminals对罪犯突袭检查

• ④[通常附有修饰语]世系,出身,血统(=ancestry)<from>
  • He's a man of high descent.他是个出身名门的人。
  • Americans of Irish descent爱尔兰裔的美国人
  • She is of French descent.她祖籍法国。
  • in direct descent from ...为…的直系子孙

• ⑤ 【法律】世袭,继承
  • by descent凭继承