descend是一个雅思常考词汇，这个词的常用解释为v. 下降, 下来; 遗传; 袭击，这个词在很多英文原版小说中怎么应用呢，今天小编就带您了解一下。
在儒勒·凡尔纳的《海底两万里》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- Then would he descend to the south?
-- A stone held between his feet, cut in the shape of a sugar loaf, whilst a rope fastened him to his boat, helped him to descend more rapidly.
-- We were now obliged to descend toward the shore, the crest becoming impracticable.
-- There were about 6,000 cubic yards to detach, so as to dig a hole by which we could descend to the ice-field.
在戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯的《恋爱中的女人》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- Not wanting to go through the yard, because of the dogs, she turned off along the hill-side to descend on the pond from above.
在艾米利·勃朗特的《呼啸山庄》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- He ran to the window and I to the door, just in time to behold the two Lintons descend from the family carriage, smothered in cloaks and furs, and the Earnshaws dismount from their horses: they often rode to church in winter.
在罗伯特·路易斯·史蒂文森的《金银岛》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- Mr. Dance told me to jump down and knock, and Dogger gave me a stirrup to descend by.
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