Descent

[dɪ'sent] or [dɪ'sɛnt]

解释:

(noun.) the act of changing your location in a downward direction.

(noun.) a movement downward.

(noun.) a downward slope or bend.

(noun.) the kinship relation between an individual and the individual's progenitors.

手打:菲尔--From WordNet

解释:

(n.) The act of descending, or passing downward; change of place from higher to lower.

(n.) Incursion; sudden attack; especially, hostile invasion from sea; -- often followed by upon or on; as, to make a descent upon the enemy.

(n.) Progress downward, as in station, virtue, as in station, virtue, and the like, from a higher to a lower state, from a higher to a lower state, from the more to the less important, from the better to the worse, etc.

(n.) Derivation, as from an ancestor; procedure by generation; lineage; birth; extraction.

(n.) Transmission of an estate by inheritance, usually, but not necessarily, in the descending line; title to inherit an estate by reason of consanguinity.

(n.) Inclination downward; a descending way; inclined or sloping surface; declivity; slope; as, a steep descent.

(n.) That which is descended; descendants; issue.

(n.) A step or remove downward in any scale of gradation; a degree in the scale of genealogy; a generation.

(n.) Lowest place; extreme downward place.

(n.) A passing from a higher to a lower tone.

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同义词及近义词：

n. [1]. Fall.[2]. Declivity, slope.[3]. Extraction, derivation, parentage.[4]. Attack, assault, incursion, foray, raid, hostile invasion.

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同义词及反义词：

[See DESCEND]

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