/dɪˈsend ||; dɪˈsɛnd/verb [I,T] (formal 正式) to go down to a lower place; to go down sth 下来；下去；下降: The plane started to descend and a few minutes later we landed. 飞机开始下降，几分钟后我们便着陆了。She descended the stairs slowly. 她慢慢地走下楼梯。 [OPP] opposite ascend 反义词为ascendbe descended from sb to have sb as a relative in past times 是某人的后裔: He says he's descended from a Russian prince. 他说他是一位俄国王子的后代。