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VERB. 动词descends , descending , descended 1.?[I 不及物动词] 下（楼梯等） , 下来If you descend or if you descend a staircase, you move downwards from a higher to a lower level. 双语例句例： Things are cooler and more damp as we descend to the cellar. 我们往下走向地窖的时候，四周愈发阴冷和潮湿。 2.?[I 不及物动词] 突然到访If a large group of people arrive to see you, especially if their visit is unexpected or causes you a lot of work, you can say that they have descended on you. 双语例句例： Some 3,000 city officials will descend on Capitol Hill on Tuesday to lobby for more money. 大约三千名市政官员将于周二齐聚美国国会山，为争取更多经费进行游说。 3.?[I 不及物动词] 陷入When you want to emphasize that the situation that someone is entering is very bad, you can say that they are descending into that situation. 双语例句例： He was ultimately overthrown and the country descended into chaos. 他最终被推翻，国家陷入了混乱。 4.?[I 不及物动词] 堕落If you say that someone descends to behaviour which you consider unacceptable, you are expressing your disapproval of the fact that they do it. 双语例句例： We're not going to descend to such methods. 我们不会沦落到使用这些手段。
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