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1. Oxford Dictionary

   descent

   • IPA[dɪˈsɛnt]

   英式

   • n.
     an act of moving downwards, dropping, or falling；a downward slope

   • noun: descent, plural noun: descents

2. • 釋義

   n.

   名詞

   • 1. an act of moving downwards, dropping, or falling the plane had gone into a steep descent 同義詞 going down, coming down, drop, fall, sinking, ... 更多subsiding, dive, pitch, slump, downward climb, descending反義詞 ascent, climb, ascent, climb
   • ▪ a downward slope a steep, badly eroded descent 同義詞 slope, incline, dip, drop, gradient, ... 更多declivity, declination, slant, downslope, hill
   • ▪ a moral, social, or psychological decline the ancient empire's slow descent into barbarism 同義詞 degeneration, degeneracy, deterioration, decline, sinking, ... 更多slide, fall, drop, regression, retrogression, debasement, degradation, comedown
   • 2. the origin or background of a person in terms of family or nationality the settlers were of Cornish descent 同義詞 ancestry, parentage, ancestors, family, lineage, ... 更多line, line of descent, extraction, origin, derivation, birth, genealogy, heredity, succession, stock, pedigree, blood, bloodline, strain, roots, origins, forefathers, antecedents, rarefiliation, stirps
   • ▪ the transmission of qualities, property, or privileges by inheritance. 同義詞 inheritance, passing down/on, succession
   • 3. a sudden violent attack a descent on the Channel ports 同義詞 attack, assault, raid, onslaught, charge, ... 更多thrust, push, drive, incursion, foray, sortie, sally, storming, assailing
   • ▪ an unexpected visit his descents on the manager of any shop he took a fancy to visit
3. • 更多解釋

   descent

   • IPA[dəˈsent]

   美式

   • n.
     an action of moving downward, dropping, or falling: the plane had gone into a steep descent

   Oxford American Dictionary