核心詞匯descent和decent用法辨析

中心詞匯descent和decent用法辨析

1. descent /d??sent/

n. 下降;下傾;斜坡;坡道;血緣;本籍;先人;出身；(情勢的)變壞;(人的)蛻化，沉溺

常顯如今種種訊息報道里，在我們做英語閱讀測驗時，也會常常碰到這個單詞。

The plane began its descent to Heathrow.

飛機開頭向希思羅機場下降。

When entering a trail or starting a descent, yield to other skiers.

進入滑雪道或開頭下滑時，要給其他滑雪者讓路。

On the descents, cyclists spin past cars, freewheeling downhill at tremendous speed.

在坡道上，自行車手奔馳著跨越了一輛輛汽車，靠著慣性一塊疾沖下山。

The road makes a sharp descent just past the lake.

路途一過湖泊便驀地下傾。

She drove up a steep grade and then began the long descent into the desert.

她駕車開上一個陡坡，然后沿著長長的下坡路駛入戈壁。

The fisherman is Swedish by descent. 誰人漁民本籍瑞典。

She is of Scottish descent.

她本籍是蘇格蘭。

She is of German descent.

她本籍是德國。

He traces his line of descent from the Stuart kings.

他的家屬可追溯到斯圖亞特王朝。

All the contributors were of African descent.

一切的撰稿人都好壞裔人士。

The only lasting solution lies in a political settlement. Without it, their descent into chaos will be guaranteed.

唯一的恒久之計是經過政治伎倆處理。不然，他們勢必會墮入一片雜亂。

Indian scientists lost contact with the country's first lunar lander during its final descent to the Moon. The craft's mothership, in orbit around the Moon, later located it near its intended landing site, but attempts to resume contact with the probe have failed. 《經濟學人》2019年9月14日

印度第一臺月球著陸器，準備下降在月球的外表時，與封建家丟失接洽。圍著月球軌道運轉的飛行器，終極在著陸點四周發覺了它，但是再也無法接洽到探針。

The film is a powerful study of a woman's descent into insanity.

那部影戲深化分析了一個女人墮入猖獗的歷程。

Franz Kafka once said: "Writing is utter solitude, the descent into the cold abyss of oneself."

弗朗茨·卡夫卡曾說過：“寫作完善是孤單的，是一一局部跌入冰冷的深淵的歷程?！?/p>

四級真題- 2015年 12月 3卷

One hundred years ago, "Colored" was the typical way of referring to Americans of African descent.

一百年前,人們通常用"有色人種"來指稱非裔美國人。

六級真題- 2015年 12月 2卷

2. decent /?di?snt/

a.相當好的； 體面的，相當不錯的，像樣的；端正的，端莊的；得體的；合宜的；得當的；穿好了衣服的；相宜于見人的

a decent meal/job/place to live相當不錯的飯菜 / 事情 / 住所

I need a decent night's sleep.我必要好好地睡上一夜。

Nearby is a village with a decent pub.

四周的鄉村里有一家還不錯的酒館。

You can get quite a decent meal here without spending too much money. 你在這里不必花很多錢就能吃得很好。

There is a need for more resources so that all children may have a decent education.

必要更多的財力支持，讓一切的孩子都遭到精良的教導。

Any halfway decent map will give you that information.

任何一張還算像樣的輿圖都能提供那些信息。

There are no decent schools round here.

四周沒有什么像樣的學校。

Any decent shot with telescopic sights could pick us off at random.

任何借助望遠鏡對準器的像樣射手都可以隨意把我們逐一干掉。

He didn't get a decent explanation.

他沒有取得一個像樣的表明。

Ways must be found to assure our children a decent start in life.

必需想辦法確保我們的孩子有一個不錯的人生開頭。

You need hard currency to get anything halfway decent.

你得有硬通貨才干買到還算不錯的東西。

Innocence and decent living are no protection from the evil elements within our society.

明凈做人和端正生存無法保護我們不受社會中罪惡力氣的損傷。

He attacked the food as quickly as decent table manners allowed.

他在不失禮的情況下盡約莫快地進餐。

He would rather have a decent death which served some purpose than a meaningless death.

他寧愿死得其所，也不想無謂地死去。

That dress isn't decent.

那件連衣裙不夠雅觀。

She ought to have waited for a decent interval before getting married again.

她再次嫁人也應該得當等上一段時間。

But, after a decent interval, trade relations began to return to normal...

但是得當地中斷一段時間后，商業干系開頭規復正常。

The majority of people around here are decent people.

這里的大大多人都很端正。

He is an educated, amiable and decent man.

他是個有修養、和藹可親的正人正人。

The jury will see what a decent guy he is.

陪審團將會熟悉到他是一個何等端正的人。

She was such a decent old bird.

她是一個云云端莊的女人。

She is a decent citizen.

她是個端正的市民。

The President did the decent thing.

總統做了他該做的事。
They're trying to show clean, wholesome, decent movies.

他們盡力播放文明、康健、端正的影戲。

I can't go to the door─I'm not decent.

我不克不及去開門——我還沒穿好衣服。

最初一點要注意：體面地做（不想做但）應該做的事

He did the decent thing and resigned.

他做得很體面，辭職了。

He should do the decent thing and resign.

他應該識時務地辭職。