descent

1 As I began my descent I was extremely anxious, but my concern had little to do with the weather: a check of the gauge on my oxygen tank had revealed that it was almost empty.

2 His wife Alcyone was also of high descent; she was the daughter of Aeolus, King of the Winds.

3 He wanted to be the first president of the United States of Puerto Rican descent.

4 Why were no German Americans evacuated, it was asked, or Americans of Italian descent?

5 There was a descent of temperature after rain.

雨后气温下降了。

6 It happens to me a lot, I know, partly because my last name is Irish, and most people of Irish descent are Catholics.

7 “Yes. I suppose. Ten percent of the island’s Caucasian male population. It—” “And isn’t the percentage even higher, doctor, for males of Japanese descent? A higher percentage of B positives among the island’s Japanese-Americans?”

8 Continue descent to 7000 m and level off ( out ).

继续下降到7000米并进入平飞.

9 Before them an equally bright passageway curved away in a steep descent.

10 And on the floors below us, in order of descent, were three small firms of computer dealers, attorneys, and real estate brokers.

11 It was so fast, the descent of the kite and the gliding away with the chick grasped in hooked claws, that Olanna thought she might have imagined it.

12 Today, between 1 and 4 percent of the DNA in modern humans of non-African descent comes from Neanderthals; African people have about 0.5 percent Neanderthal DNA.

13 The descent of the weight is regulated by an escapement mechanism and, before the pendulum, it was the inaccuracy of this regulation that was the source of error.

14 Progress during the second stage of labor is measured by fetal descent and rotation.

第二产程的进展通过胎儿下降和旋转来判断.

15 The red blood cells of people of European descent look roughly globular.

16 Our family structures are larger and more inclusive; anyone who claims descent from a common ancestor is deemed part of the same family.

17 The heat of the tropics, the descent, the search for food, and now this sweaty march along the blazing beach had given them the complexions of newly washed plums.

18 Increase rate of descent to pass BH at 8000 m, advise if able.

加大下降率至8000米通过BH, 如有可能通知.

19 His descent has included kings and queens.

他的后代中有皇帝和皇后.

20 My mother is of Guatemalan descent, while my father’s bloodlines run through México.

1 降落

ldg descendent backfall stop landing touchdown comedown setdown light land rain settle lower descend fall precipitation drop drop-off put-down stoop

2 子孙

child issue race son root seed slip rod descendant offspring posterity sprig progeny proles

3 突袭

charge assault raid left-hander descend pounce bushwhack catch jump blindside make a raid swoop down upon shock action coup de main foray swoop sortie inroad hit strike rush blitz jump on come upon

4 堕落

corrupt abandoned vicious degenerate demeaning depraved fall corruption degradation lapse degeneration decadence depravity degeneracy turpitude deprave reprobate go to the bad astray evil rot filth devolution declension ruination stoop loose rotten decadent immoral ruin descend pollute pervert vile abject villainous putrid miscreant undone vice deformity derogation fallen befoul poison vitiate debauch lose degrade taint putrefy go to the dogs go to pot go wrong go downhill sleazy squalid debase dissolute debauched debauchery sink going to the dogs the Fall

5 承继

inherit

6 临检

visitation

7 斜坡

rise hill Dip slope ramp incline inclination slant side grade decline scarp brae bank pitch neck beard hanging shelving versant

8 屈尊

condescend condescension deign

9 降下

fall alight lower descend downhill dropping descension stoop

10 后裔

child race son seed slip nephew posterity scion

11 血统

house stock blood stem strain extraction lineage pedigree genealogy bloodline filiation side race origin birth heredity line breed ancestry source rod parentage blood line breeding stirp by birth

12 下山

downhill

13 降低身分

descend stoop

14 不期而至

turn up somewhere turn up

15 倾斜

declivous slantendicular slantingdicular prone tilt hanging inclined gradient downhill slant oblique bevel sloping leaning saggy tippy cant slanting sidelong slantwise fastigiate slantways list fall tip pitch decline lean heel dip steep slope sway inclination declination careen declension obliquity cline declivity versant acclivity turn bank hang nod batter rake incline stoop steeve top uptilt aslope

16 突击

attempt surprise assault raid blitz pounce onrush strike percuss

17 门第

race family line blood birth lineage pedigree kin parentage

18 下去

descend

19 坡道

run ramp

20 下倾

descend

21 下落

drop whereabouts downthrow sink dip DIP fall sag descend degradation hurl declension infall decline

22 衰落

down fall decline downfall wane decadence comedown downcome rot effete downhill downgrade downturn dissolution drop-off ebb dwindle sick faded overripe waney fading set fade slump dwine

23 降格

degrade

24 世袭

hereditary paternal descendent lineal patrimonial hereditarily fee heredity taluk dynasty heirship

25 突然造访

descend on

26 突然来到

descend

27 下降

descensional off down downward descending descendent cadent fall drop decline downturn turndown dropoff downcome slip sink dip descend move down sag drop-off downshift fall-off let-down fallaway downwelling tail-off skid ease gravitate declining sagging slide slippage temper cheapen descendant downhill rain declension falloff settle subside katabatic degressive loss lower shorten downswing go down come down go off drop off draw down fade shrink go southwards drop away fall off fall back cool off fall away step-down breakdown lapse falling letdown downbeat degression decrease plunge drawdown downside depression settlement degradation droop gravitation comedown downslide descension light deteriorate recede stoop tarnish vail abate bring low on the downgrade

28 突然袭击

blitz foray swoop bounce descend overtake

29 一代

primary monobasic generation Generation X

30 下跌

depressed bearish down drop dip tumble sag fall lower run back

31 家世

Blood extraction blood birth strain ancestry

32 世系

side extraction stock extract succession ancestry table of descent line race lineage bloodline parentage stemma pedigree geneal. kind rod genealogy

33 攻击

attack attempt offensive offence hit strike belabour

34 没落

reduced ruined ruinous downfallen labefaction fall reduction ruin breakdown downfall sinking falling ruination comedown falling-off ebb dwine go to pot destruction

35 下来

descend alight

36 式微

descensional labefaction falling-off decadent sink in the world

37 继承

inherited lineal successional succeedingly succession inheritance accession heritance succeed inherit accede be heir to in succession to succeed to fall heir to hereditary hereditament line dynasty devolution sequent representation revert heredity

38 遗传

inheritance heredity transmit hereditary inborn hereditarian propagate

39 出身

birth origin parentage come spring emerge extraction pedigree origins stock background gentry antecedent filiation du

40 祖先

ancestral forefather progenitor antecedent forebear father ancestor ancestry

41 袭击

onfall storm assault onset foray incursion inroad rush sweep descend hit attack strike make an assault on make an assault upon come down upon lace into set at light into make at move in on attempt swoop raid assail turn hawk smite reave come for come upon

42 落下

fall decline alight shed drop sink descend clatter

43 下坡

downgrade down downhill downslope decline declivity descend declivitous declivous downward coast