descendant
英 [dɪ'send(ə)nt]
美[dɪ'sɛndənt]
- adj. 下降的;祖传的
- n. 后裔;子孙
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
双语例句
- 1. 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。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. She is a direct descendant of Queen Victoria.
- 她是维多利亚女王的嫡系后代。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. 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。
来自《权威词典》
- 4. a lineal descendant of the company's founder
- 公司创始人的直系后裔
来自《权威词典》
- 5. He is a lineal descendant of the company's founder.
- 他是公司创始人的直系后裔。
来自辞典例句