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

• Their descendants still form identifiable communities.
  他们的后裔仍形成可识别的团体。
• From this man's descendants God has brought to Israel the Savior jesus, as he promised.
  从这人的后裔中，神已经照着所应许的，为以色列人立了一位救主，就是耶稣。
• We are all the descendants of the people.
  我们都是炎黄子孙的后代。
• The so-called guest workers ( Gastarbeiter) and their descendants form an important minority group in Austria.
  所谓的外来工人（客籍工人）和他们的后裔组成了奥地利的很重要的少数民族。
• This became the inheritance of Joseph's descendants.
  这就作了约瑟子孙的产业。
• 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。
• I like to believe they may be Arthur's descendants.
  我真希望它们会是亚瑟的后代。
• A number of descendants of George Washington's slaves attended the opening celebration of the restored quarters.
  许多华盛顿的奴隶的后代参加到了复原住所对外开放的仪式上。
• They will light on you and your descendants as a sign and a wonder for all time.
  这些咒骂对你和你的子孙，永远是一个徽号和征兆。
• They are the descendants of emperors and kings and are now living in reduced circumstances.
  他们是帝王的后代，但是现在境况大不如前了。