托福词汇之Decent Descent Descend

 　　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

1 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   

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   

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   

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   

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   

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   

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   

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。