Word · Frequency #37059
descendent
/diˈsendənt/
noun
后裔；后代
a person who is descended from a particular ancestor or race
- 1.
a person considered as descended from some ancestor or race
后裔；子孙
后裔；子孙
In use
He is a direct descendent of the poet.
The museum displays artifacts from the descendents of the original settlers.
Every descendent of the royal family attended the ceremony.
a descendent of sb/sth
She is a direct descendent of the poet.
她是那位诗人的直系后代。
descendents of sb/sth
The museum displays artifacts of the descendents of ancient tribes.
博物馆展示了古代部落后裔的手工艺品。
descendent from sb/sth
Many modern languages are descendents from Latin.
许多现代语言源自拉丁语。
Common mistakes
He is a descendent from a famous poet.He is a descendent of a famous poet.
在英语中，表示“...的后代”要用介词 of，而不是 from。中文学习者受“从...的后代”影响，容易误用 from。
The descendent path was steep.The descending path was steep.
“descendent”是名词，意为“后代”，不能用作形容词。描述事物下降时应用形容词 descending。
Connections
Confusing words
- ancestor
- 祖先 · 方向相反：ancestor是祖先（上代），descendent是后裔（下代）。
- predecessor
- 前任，前辈 · 身份不同：predecessor指职位或角色上的前任（可能是同代或上代），descendent指血缘上的后代。
Word family
- descend
- 下降；下来 · verb
- descent
- 下降；斜坡 · noun
- descending
- 下降的；向下的 · adjective
- descender
- （字体的）下伸部分 · noun
Learner notes
Grammar Note
作为名词，意为后代，可数；常与of连用表示。。。的后代。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT.