descend

下りる、下降する

階段や坂などを通って、高い所から低い所へ移動すること。

やさしい英語で： To move from a higher place to a lower place, often along steps or a slope.

• We descended the stairs slowly.
• The plane began to descend through the clouds.
• They descended the steep path to the beach.

使い方： descend into something (We descended into the valley before sunset.); descend from something (The hikers descended from the ridge.)

類義語： go down, come down

反対語： ascend

よく使う表現： descend the stairs, descend a slope, descend into something

子孫である、血を引く

特定の人や集団を先祖に持つこと。

やさしい英語で： To have a particular person or group as ancestors in your family’s past.

• He is descended from farmers.
• Their family descends from settlers who arrived two centuries ago.
• Are you descended from anyone famous?

使い方： be descended from someone (She is descended from a family of sailors.)

よく使う表現： descend from someone, descend from immigrants, descend from something

襲いかかる、押し寄せる

大勢で、または襲うために突然やって来ること。

やさしい英語で： To arrive suddenly, often as a large group or in order to attack.

• Soldiers descended on the village.
• Hundreds of fans descended on the small town.
• The attackers descended upon the camp without warning.

使い方： descend on someone/something (A crowd of reporters descended on the house.); descend upon someone/something (Armed raiders descended upon the village at dawn.)

類義語： swoop down on, fall upon

よく使う表現： descend on someone, descend upon something