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托福词汇之Decent Descent Descend

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 　　托福词汇中的Decent, Descent, Descend1, 这三个单词大家能区分的开吗?相信大家在备考过程中也遇到过这样的问题吧!下面小编为大家详解这三个易混淆的托福词汇。

　　Decent
　　正派的;得体的;(服装等)相称的，合宜的;相当好的;
　　Adjective
　　Socially or conventionally correct;refined or virtuous2
　　In harmony with the spirit of particular persons or occasion
　　Conforming to conventions of sexual behavior
　　Sufficiently3 clothed to see visitors or appear in public
　　Observing conventional sexual mores4 in speech or behavior or dress
　　Meeting requirements
　　In the right manner;correctly;suitably
　　There are some decent counter-arguments to these objections.
　　针对这些异议，有一些像样的辩白。
　　Descent
　　n.下降;血统;倾斜;
　　复数：Descents
　　Noun
　　A movement downward
　　The act of changing your location in a downward direction
　　The kinship relation between an individual and the individual's progenitors5
　　A downward slope or bend
　　The descendants of one individual
　　There are some decent counter-arguments to these objections.
　　Some worry about a descent to Italian standards.
　　有些人担心媒体会下降到意大利水平上去。
　　Descend
　　vt.下来;向下倾斜，向下延伸;遗传下来;来自，来源于;
　　vi.(from)起源(于);是…的后裔;(on)袭击;(to)把身份降至;
　　好了，下面来自测一下，看你记住了吗?
　　1. He did not get a ( ) explanation.
　　2. Sixteen of the youngsters set off for help, but during the ( ) three collapsed6 in the cold and rain.
　　3. He was ultimately overthrown7 and country ( ) into chaos8.
　　答案：decent; descent; descend

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1 descend descend     
vt./vi.传下来，下来，下降
参考例句：
  • I hope the grace of God would descend on me.我期望上帝的恩惠。
  • We're not going to descend to such methods.我们不会沦落到使用这种手段。
2 virtuous upCyI     
adj.有品德的，善良的，贞洁的，有效力的
参考例句：
  • She was such a virtuous woman that everybody respected her.她是个有道德的女性，人人都尊敬她。
  • My uncle is always proud of having a virtuous wife.叔叔一直为娶到一位贤德的妻子而骄傲。
3 sufficiently 0htzMB     
adv.足够地，充分地
参考例句：
  • It turned out he had not insured the house sufficiently.原来他没有给房屋投足保险。
  • The new policy was sufficiently elastic to accommodate both views.新政策充分灵活地适用两种观点。
4 mores HnyzlC     
n.风俗，习惯，民德，道德观念
参考例句：
  • The mores of that village are hard to believe.那村子的习俗让人难以置信。
  • We advocate a harmonious society where corruption is swept away,and social mores are cleared.我们提倡弊绝风清，建设一个和谐社会。
5 progenitors a94fd5bd89007bd4e14e8ea41b9af527     
n.祖先( progenitor的名词复数 )；先驱；前辈；原本
参考例句：
  • The researchers also showed that the progenitors mature into neurons in Petri dishes. 研究人员还表示，在佩特里培养皿中的脑细胞前体可以发育成神经元。 来自英汉非文学 - 生命科学 - 大脑与疾病
  • Though I am poor and wretched now, my progenitors were famously wealthy. 别看我现在穷困潦倒，我家上世可是有名的富翁。 来自互联网
6 collapsed cwWzSG     
adj.倒塌的
参考例句：
  • Jack collapsed in agony on the floor. 杰克十分痛苦地瘫倒在地板上。
  • The roof collapsed under the weight of snow. 房顶在雪的重压下突然坍塌下来。
7 overthrown 1e19c245f384e53a42f4faa000742c18     
adj. 打翻的，推倒的，倾覆的 动词overthrow的过去分词
参考例句：
  • The president was overthrown in a military coup. 总统在军事政变中被赶下台。
  • He has overthrown the basic standards of morality. 他已摒弃了基本的道德标准。
8 chaos 7bZyz     
n.混乱，无秩序
参考例句：
  • After the failure of electricity supply the city was in chaos.停电后，城市一片混乱。
  • The typhoon left chaos behind it.台风后一片混乱。