大学英语:descend v. 下降;传下,遗传;堕落
descendant n. 子孙,后裔
ascend v. 上升;登高;追溯到某个时期
ascendant n. 优势;祖先(与descendant相对而言) adj. 优势的
The sun descended behind the hills. (太阳下了山。)
The customs have descended to our generation. (这些习俗一直传到我们这一代。)
He was so poor that he descended to begging. (他穷得只好乞讨度日。)
As descendants of the early settlers, they were tolerant and hardworking.(作为早期移民的后裔,他们忍耐而勤劳。)
They are descendants of an Indian tribe. (他们是一支印第安部落的后裔。)
The airplane ascended into the cloud. (飞机高高飞入云端。)
Queen Victoria ascended ascended the throne in 1837. (维多利亚女王于1837年登上王位。)
His party is no longer in the ascendant. (他那一派已经优势不再。)
We still have the ascendant position in world politics. (我们在国际政治中仍占优势地位。)
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