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a descendant of sb/sth
表示某人的后裔，常用介词of。
He is a descendant of a famous scientist.
他是一位著名科学家的后裔。
后代；后裔
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后代；后裔
A person who is a descendant of a particular ancestor or race.
He is a descendant of a famous scientist.
他是一位著名科学家的后裔。
某个特定个体的后代,无论相隔多久或传了多少代。
One of the progeny of a specified person, at any distance of time or through any number of generations.
被认为是某个祖先或种族后代的人
a person considered as descended from some ancestor or race
直接源自某一前身或来源的事物。
A thing that derives directly from a given precursor or source.
演化后期的类型。
A later evolutionary type.
She is a direct descendant of the famous poet.
她是那位著名诗人的直系后裔。
Many descendants of the original settlers still live in the area.
许多原始定居者的后代仍居住在该地区。
The museum traces the history of the king's descendants.
博物馆追溯了这位国王后代的历史。
表示某人的后裔，常用介词of。
He is a descendant of a famous scientist.
他是一位著名科学家的后裔。
复数形式泛指某族群的后代。
The descendants of the first settlers still live here.
第一批定居者的后代仍住在这里。
所有格形式强调归属关系。
She is Napoleon's direct descendant.
她是拿破仑的直系后裔。
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She is a descendent of the king.
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She is a descendant of the king.
descendant是名词，意为'后裔'；descendent是形容词，意为'下降的'。应使用名词形式descendant。
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Many Americans are descendant from European immigrants.
Use this
Many Americans are descendants of European immigrants.
descendant后面通常接介词of表示'...的后裔'，而不是from；另外主语是复数，descendant应变为复数descendants。
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直系后裔
He is a direct descendant of the poet.
他是这位诗人的直系后裔。
远亲后裔
The language is a distant descendant of Latin.
这种语言是拉丁语的远亲后裔。
现代后裔
The electric car is a modern descendant of the early automobile.
电动汽车是早期汽车的现代后裔。
……的后裔
She claims to be a descendant of a famous king.
她声称是一位著名国王的后裔。
幸存的后裔
The oldest surviving descendant attended the ceremony.
最年长的幸存后裔参加了仪式。
你是伊熙尔杜的后裔。
You are the descendant of Isildur.
你是伊熙尔杜的后裔。
你是帕尔帕廷皇帝的后裔。
You are a descendant of Emperor Palpatine.
你是帕尔帕廷皇帝的后裔。
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想象家族树：祖先（ancestor）在树顶，后代（descendant）是向下生长的枝条，de-（向下）+scend（爬），后代就是向下延续的人。
通常用于正式或技术性语境，如家谱、生物学、法律等，表示后代或子孙。中性词，适用场景广泛。
The words 'ascendant', 'attendant', 'defendant', and 'dependent' rhyme with 'descendant' (all have /ɛ/ in stressed syllable and end with /ənt/). Note that 'dependent' is spelled -ent but pronounced the same. However, 'important' (stressed /ɔː/) and 'brilliant' (stressed /ɪ/) do not rhyme; they are common lookalikes with different vowel sounds.
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