2lead downwards下傾ADVERB | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADVERB➤steeply陡峭下傾▸➤gently, gradually緩緩/逐漸下傾PREPOSITION➤into, to下斜到⋯裏;向下延伸到⋯◇The path descends steeply to the town.小路陡直而下通向鎮子。PHRASES➤descend into chaos, descend into farce, descend into madness (especially BrE, allfigurative) 陷入混亂/鬧劇/瘋狂descend
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3be descended from sb/sthbe related to sb/sth與⋯有親緣關係ADVERB | VERB + DESCENDADVERB➤directly直接傳承自⋯◇The breed is almost directly descended from the Eurasian wild boar.這一品種幾乎是歐亞野豬的直系後代。➤ultimately最終來源於VERB + DESCEND➤claim to聲稱是⋯的後代◇He claims to be descended from a Spanish prince.他聲稱是一位西班牙王子的後人。