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descendant

英 [dɪ'send(ə)nt] 美[dɪ'sɛndənt]
  • adj. 下降的;祖传的
  • n. 后裔;子孙

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复数: descendants;

中文词源


descendant 后裔

来自descend, 下降。引申义后裔。

英英释意


1. a person considered as descended from some ancestor or race

英文词源


descendant
mid-15c. (adj.), c. 1600 (n.), from French descendant (13c.), present participle of descendre (see descend). Despite a tendency to use descendent for the adjective and descendant for the noun, descendant seems to be prevailing in all uses and appears 5 times more often than its rival in books printed since 1900. Compare dependant.

考试真题


For decades,these descendants of the Viking shave been trying to show the world that the right mix of enlightened policy.

出自-2014年6月阅读原文

According to data gathered by Harvard Law School professor Lani Guinier, the most selective schools are more likely to choose blacks who have at least one immigrant parent from Africa or the Caribbean than black students who are descendants of American slaves.

出自-2011年6月阅读原文

As so often, the past holds the key to the future: we have now identified enough of the long-term patterns shaping the history of the planet, and our species, to make evidence-based forecasts about the situations in which our descendants will find themselves.

出自-2013年考研阅读原文

As so often, the past holds the key to the future: we have now identified enough of the long-term patterns shaping the history of the planet, and our species, to make evidence-based forecasts about the situations in which our descendant will find themselv

2013年考研真题(英语一)阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

实用场景例句


He was an O'Conor and a direct descendant of the last High King of Ireland.
他属于奥康纳家族,是爱尔兰最后一位君王的嫡系后裔。

牛津词典

Many of them are descendants of the original settlers.
他们中许多人都是早期移民的后裔。

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They are descendants of the original English and Scottish settlers.
他们是最初的英格兰和苏格兰定居者的后代。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

...Lord Cochrane and his descendants.
科克伦勋爵及其后裔

柯林斯高阶英语词典

His design was a descendant of a 1956 device...
他的设计是从一个 1956 年的装置衍生而来的。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

They are the descendants of plants imported by the early settlers.
它们是早期移民带来的一些植物的后代。

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She is a direct descendant of the former King of Wales.
她是前威尔士国王的直系后代.

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Henry Tudor, descendant of Duke of Lancaster won victory under the rule of the Tudors.
1485年,兰开斯特家族的后代亨利都铎取得了博斯沃恩战役的胜利,建立了都铎王朝.

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I, Hogae, is a descendant of the heaven. I will keep the sword.
我, 吴凯, 是上天指定的王族后代, 由我来保管宝剑.

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A descendant of Yan Emperor in ancient mythology of China.
中国古代神话中炎帝的后代.

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A famous scribe and priest descendant from Hilkiah the high priest.
一个出名的文士和大祭司希勒家的后裔.

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Returns a collection of the descendant elements for this document or element, in document order.
按文档顺序返回此文档或元素的子代元素集合.

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He is a direct descendant of the author of this book.
他是这本书作者的直系后裔.

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In 1600 , Anne Marbury the descendant of Sir John Spencer moved to Massachusetts, America from Lincolnshire.
1600年,约翰·斯潘塞爵士的后裔安妮·马伯里从林肯郡迁移到美国的马萨诸塞州.

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He's the only remaining descendant in his family.
他是他家的独苗儿.

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Holgrave confesses that he is a descendant of the Maule family.
霍尔格拉夫承认自己是莫尔家族的后裔.

辞典例句

He said he a descendant of July Caesar.
他说他是朱利叶斯凯撒的后代.

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That's to say, Diana and Churchill are Robert Spencer's descendant in the eighth generation.
也就是说, 戴安娜与丘吉尔同为罗伯特·潘塞的第八代后人.

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Whenever a Slayer died, his descendant would inherit the title.
每当一个杀手死亡, 他的后裔继承了冠军.

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He is the lineal descendant.
他是直系子孙.

辞典例句

How would you tell a computer to see if someone a descendant of Ghengis Khan?
你怎么让计算机明白某个人是不是成吉思汗的后代 呢 ?

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Hence a variable of a class type can reference an instance of any descendant type.
因此,类类型的变量可以引用其所有子孙类型的实例.

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He is a descendant of Confucius.
他是孔子后裔.

辞典例句

Avoid using descendant selectors, especially those that specify redundant ancestors.
避免使用后代选择器, 特别是那些指定多余的祖先.

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Though he is a descendant of an aristocratic family, he leads a simple and frugal life.
他是皇族贵胄, 生活上却很简朴.

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I am their immediate descendant, so I remain closely tied that reality.
我是他们直接的后代, 所以我对那种现实有紧密的联系.

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The article also gives a brief introduction to Chen Wenhuan's descendant.
同时对陈汉环后裔的情况也做了简要介绍.

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He said he is a descendant of July Caesar.
他说他是朱利叶斯·凯撒的后代.

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This novel is written by the descendant of a Qing family.
《逍遥津》是身为皇族后代的女作家叶广芩的小说集,共收集有七篇精彩小说.

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In winter, because water temperature descendant the activity of microbial reduce.
冬季由于进水温度的下降,微生物活性的降低,处理效果明显下降.

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