1. descent /d??sent/
n. 下降;下倾;斜坡;坡道;血缘;本籍;先人;出身；(情势的)变坏;(人的)蜕化，沉溺
常显如今种种讯息报道里，在我们做英语阅读测验时，也会常常碰到这个单词。
The plane began its descent to Heathrow.
飞机开头向希思罗机场下降。
When entering a trail or starting a descent, yield to other skiers.
进入滑雪道或开头下滑时，要给其他滑雪者让路。
On the descents, cyclists spin past cars, freewheeling downhill at tremendous speed.
在坡道上，自行车手奔驰着跨越了一辆辆汽车，靠着惯性一块疾冲下山。
The road makes a sharp descent just past the lake.
路途一过湖泊便蓦地下倾。
She drove up a steep grade and then began the long descent into the desert.
她驾车开上一个陡坡，然后沿着长长的下坡路驶入戈壁。
The fisherman is Swedish by descent. 谁人渔民本籍瑞典。
She is of Scottish descent.
她本籍是苏格兰。
She is of German descent.
她本籍是德国。
He traces his line of descent from the Stuart kings.
他的家属可追溯到斯图亚特王朝。
All the contributors were of African descent.
一切的撰稿人都好坏裔人士。
The only lasting solution lies in a political settlement. Without it, their descent into chaos will be guaranteed.
唯一的恒久之计是经过政治伎俩处理。不然，他们势必会堕入一片杂乱。
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. 《经济学人》2019年9月14日
印度第一台月球着陆器，准备下降在月球的外表时，与封建家丢失接洽。围着月球轨道运转的飞行器，终极在着陆点四周发觉了它，但是再也无法接洽到探针。
The film is a powerful study of a woman's descent into insanity.
那部影戏深化分析了一个女人堕入猖獗的历程。
Franz Kafka once said: "Writing is utter solitude, the descent into the cold abyss of oneself."
弗朗茨·卡夫卡曾说过：“写作完善是孤单的，是一一局部跌入冰冷的深渊的历程。”
四级真题- 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,人们通常用"有色人种"来指称非裔美国人。
六级真题- 2015年 12月 2卷
2. decent /?di?snt/
a.相当好的； 体面的，相当不错的，像样的；端正的，端庄的；得体的；合宜的；得当的；穿好了衣服的；相宜于见人的
a decent meal/job/place to live相当不错的饭菜 / 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.
四周的乡村里有一家还不错的酒馆。
You can get quite a decent meal here without spending too much money. 你在这里不必花很多钱就能吃得很好。
There is a need for more resources so that all children may have a decent education.
必要更多的财力支持，让一切的孩子都遭到精良的教导。
Any halfway decent map will give you that information.
任何一张还算像样的舆图都能提供那些信息。
There are no decent schools round here.
四周没有什么像样的学校。
Any decent shot with telescopic sights could pick us off at random.
任何借助望远镜对准器的像样射手都可以随意把我们逐一干掉。
He didn't get a decent explanation.
他没有取得一个像样的表明。
Ways must be found to assure our children a decent start in life.
必需想办法确保我们的孩子有一个不错的人生开头。
You need hard currency to get anything halfway decent.
你得有硬通货才干买到还算不错的东西。
Innocence and decent living are no protection from the evil elements within our society.
明净做人和端正生存无法保护我们不受社会中罪恶力气的损伤。
He attacked the food as quickly as decent table manners allowed.
他在不失礼的情况下尽约莫快地进餐。
He would rather have a decent death which served some purpose than a meaningless death.
他宁愿死得其所，也不想无谓地死去。
That dress isn't decent.
那件连衣裙不够雅观。
She ought to have waited for a decent interval before getting married again.
她再次嫁人也应该得当等上一段时间。
But, after a decent interval, trade relations began to return to normal...
但是得当地中断一段时间后，商业干系开头规复正常。
The majority of people around here are decent people.
这里的大大多人都很端正。
He is an educated, amiable and decent man.
他是个有修养、和蔼可亲的正人正人。
The jury will see what a decent guy he is.
陪审团将会熟悉到他是一个何等端正的人。
She was such a decent old bird.
她是一个云云端庄的女人。
She is a decent citizen.
她是个端正的市民。
The President did the decent thing.
总统做了他该做的事。
They're trying to show clean, wholesome, decent movies.
他们尽力播放文明、康健、端正的影戏。
I can't go to the door─I'm not decent.
我不克不及去开门——我还没穿好衣服。
最初一点要注意：体面地做（不想做但）应该做的事
He did the decent thing and resigned.
他做得很体面，辞职了。
He should do the decent thing and resign.
他应该识时务地辞职。
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