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1. Oxford American Dictionary

   descent

   • IPA[dəˈsent]

   美式

   • n.
     an action of moving downward, dropping, or falling；a downward slope, especially a path or track

   • noun: descent, plural noun: descents

2. • 釋義

   n.

   名詞

   • 1. an action of moving downward, 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, especially a path or track 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 into a specified undesirable state 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 American families of Hungarian 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 enemy airstrip 同義詞 attack, assault, raid, onslaught, charge, ... 更多thrust, push, drive, incursion, foray, sortie, sally, storming, assailing