descend from起源于，由...衍生而来；出身于;由……传下来
Men descended from apes.
人起源于猿猴。
Men were descended from apes.人由类人猿进化而来。
Thousands of English words are derived from Latin.
数以千计的英语词汇源自拉丁语。
A disaster descended from heaven.
灾祸从天而降。
They descended from the plane into a forest of microphones and cameras.
他们从飞机上走下来，迎接他们的是数不清的麦克风和照相机。
Our prejudice descend from the female branch.
我们的偏见是从母方流传下来的。
Must I descend from the clouds for you to believe?
我难道必须要从云中降下来以让你们相信？
A sizeable number of Spanish citizens also descend from these communities.
相当多的西班牙国民也是来自这些国家的后裔。
Every beggar is descend from some king, and every king be descend from some beggar.
每个乞丐都是国王的后代，每个国王都是乞丐的后代。
These ideas descend from those of the ancient philosophers.
这些思想源自古代哲学家的思想。
A sizeable number of Spanish citizens also descend from these communities.
相当多的西班牙国民也是来自这些国家的后裔。
According to the bible, we is all descend from Adam.据圣经所载，我们全是亚当的后裔。
In future, astronauts will be required to descend from a spaceship while it is still in space and to return to it.（新概念2.L61）
将来，要求宇航员从停在太空中的宇宙飞船里出来，然后再回到船上去。