| 词组 | descend on |
| 释义 | Phr V descend on descends, descending, descended descend on/upon swh/sb if a group of people descends on a place or person, they arrive, especially without warning or without being invitedA crowd of press photographers descended on the hotel.My sister and her family descended on us last Saturday. descend on/upon sb if a feeling, especially a bad feeling, descends on a group of people, they begin to feel itA feeling of despair descended on us as we realised that we were lost. ! 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 on (something)1. Literally, to drop onto someone or something. No one was too pleased when rain began to descend on our picnic. 2. By extension, to converge at a particular place or thing, often in great numbers. The kids descended on the birthday cake as soon as I set it down. People have descended on our town to attend that big software conference. descend (up)on someone or something1. . Lit. [for something] to come down or fall upon someone or something. Flakes of fluffy snow descended upon the gentle slopes. 2. . Fig. [for people] to arrive or come to someone or something in great numbers. The petitioners descended upon the mayor's office in droves. |
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