每日N词 | descent-下降,下落;堕落 | 20180111
The road makes a sharp descent just around the corner.
在路的转弯处有个很陡的下坡。
▷descent [dɪ'sent]（n.）
【释义】If you’re on your way down, you’re making a descent, whether that’s as a passenger in an airplane that's landing, or if you’re tumbling down a staircase you just slipped on.
a movement down
下降，下落；下沉
The plane began (to make) its final descent into the airport.飞机开始（作）最后一次下降，准备在机场着陆。
an occasion when a group of people arrive somewhere, usually suddenly or unexpectedly
不期而至，突然到达
a change in someone's behaviour, or in a situation, from good to bad
堕落，蜕变
His descent into crime was rapid.他很快就堕落到犯罪的地步。
the state or fact of being related to a particular person or group of people wholived in the past
血缘关系，家族关系；祖先；出身
She's a woman of mixed/French descent.她是一个混血／法裔女人。
每日N词 | decease-去世,逝世 | 20180110
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