| 词组 | descend |
| 释义 | descend [descended, descended, descending] descend from 1. be descended from sb to be related to someone who lived in the past, especially someone famous or important: ▪ My mother always claimed she was descended from Abraham Lincoln. 2. be descended from sth to have developed from something that existed in the past: ▪ These ideas are descended from those of the ancient philosophers. descend into descend into sth if something descends into a confused, violent, or unpleasant situation, it gradually becomes more and more confused, violent etc: ▪ By this time the police investigation had descended into total chaos. ▪ There is a danger that South Africa will descend into further violence and poverty. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑degenerate into descend on/upon ! Descend upon is more formal than descend on and is mostly used in writing. 1. descend on/upon sb/sth if a group of people descend on a person or place, they all arrive suddenly, often without being invited: ▪ If friends suddenly descend on you at the weekend, you just have to hope you have something in the freezer. ▪ Thousands of football fans descended on the town. 2. descend on/upon sb/sth if a type of weather, or silence, calm etc descends on a person or place, it seems to start very suddenly: ▪ A heavy fog suddenly descended on us, and we realized that we were lost. ▪ It was early evening, and calm had descended upon the river. 3. descend on/upon sb if a sad feeling descends on you, you suddenly start to feel it: ▪ A black depression descended on her at the thought of the future. descend to descend to sth if someone descends to very bad or unacceptable behaviour, they behave in that way: ▪ I was completely amazed that he could descend to such rudeness. descend to doing sth ▪ By this time Mr and Mrs Popple had descended to shouting at each other. descend to the level of sb/sth (=behave as badly as someone or something else) ▪ Without civilized society, we would descend to the level of animals. descend upon ► see ↑descend on |
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