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新东方-柯林斯雅思备考词典

descendant

英  [dɪˈsendənt]
    

[NOUN]

    NOUN. 名词

  • descendants

    1. [C 可数名词] 后代

    Someone's descendants are the people in later generations who are related to them.

    双语例句

    例：

    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裔。

    2. [C 可数名词] 衍生物

    Something modern which developed from an older thing can be called a descendant of it.

    双语例句

    例：

    His design was a descendant of a 1956 device.

    他的设计是一个1956年的装置衍生而来的。

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