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a descendent of sb/sth
She is a direct descendent of the poet.
她是那位诗人的直系后代。
后裔；后代
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后裔；后代
a person who is descended from a particular ancestor or race
She is a direct descendent of the poet.
她是那位诗人的直系后代。
后裔；子孙
a person considered as descended from some ancestor or race
He is a direct descendent of the poet.
他是那位诗人的直系后代。
The museum displays artifacts from the descendents of the original settlers.
这家博物馆展出了最初定居者后裔的文物。
Every descendent of the royal family attended the ceremony.
皇室家族的每一名后代都出席了仪式。
She is a direct descendent of the poet.
她是那位诗人的直系后代。
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。
Many modern languages are descendents from Latin.
许多现代语言源自拉丁语。
Not this
He is a descendent from a famous poet.
Use this
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。
Not this
The descendent path was steep.
Use this
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。
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作为名词，意为后代，可数；常与of连用表示。。。的后代。
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。
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