descendants

英 [dɪˈsɛndənts]

美 [dɪˈsɛndənts]

n.  后裔; 后代; 子孙; (由过去类似物发展来的)派生物
descendant的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 后代;后裔;子孙
  Someone'sdescendantsare the people in later generations who are related to them.
  1. They are descendants of the original English and Scottish settlers.
     他们是最初的英格兰和苏格兰定居者的后代。
  2. ...Lord Cochrane and his descendants.
     科克伦勋爵及其后裔
• N-COUNT 派生物;衍生物;后代产物
  Something modern which developed from an older thing can be called adescendant ofit.
  1. His design was a descendant of a 1956 device...
     他的设计是从一个 1956 年的装置衍生而来的。
  2. They are the descendants of plants imported by the early settlers.
     它们是早期移民带来的一些植物的后代。

英英释义

noun

• all of the offspring of a given progenitor
  1. we must secure the benefits of freedom for ourselves and our posterity
  Synonym:posterity

双语例句

• This became the inheritance of Joseph's descendants.
  这就作了约瑟子孙的产业。
• While the Mughal emperors are the descendants of Genghis Khan, their history has changed them.
  虽然莫卧儿的皇帝们都是成吉思汗的子孙，他们的历史仍然改变了他们。
• A sin inherited by all descendants of Adam.
  亚当后代的与生俱来的罪恶感。
• I will give you and your descendants the land on which you are lying.
  我要将你现在所躺卧之地赐给你和你的后裔。
• The descendants of ham became slaves and black.
  含的后代成为了黑人和奴隶。
• Most of today's Chinese Americans are the descendants of some of the early miners and railroad workers.
  现在的美籍华人大多数都是一些早期矿工和铁路工人的后裔。
• They are descendants of the original English and Scottish settlers.
  他们是最初的英格兰和苏格兰定居者的后代。
• They are all Sun Quan's descendants living in Longmen.
  他们都是居住在龙门镇的孙权后裔。
• So you testify against yourselves that you are the descendants of those who murdered the prophets.
  这就是你们自己证明，是杀害先知者的子孙了。
• With her dying breath, Queen Dido pronounced a malediction on Aeneas and all his descendants.
  凭借自己垂死的气息，迪多女王对阿因尼亚斯和他所有的子孙后代发出了诅咒。