descent n. 1.下降,降下。 2.下坡,倾斜。 3.家世,门第,血统。 4.【法律】继承,世袭。 5.一代;〔古语〕子孙,后裔。 6.突然袭击。 7.屈尊,降格。 be of France descent 祖籍是法国。 be of good descent 出身好。 descent of man 人类由来。 make a descent upon 袭击,侵入。
Darwin continued to publish more works , including his the descent of man ( 1871 ) , in which he applied his theory of evolution to humans , implying that they had descended from apelike creatures 此后他还出版了许多著作,包括1871年出版的《人类起源及性的选择》一书,在该书中他把进化论用于人类,暗示着人类起源于猿类生物。
In his 1871 work the descent of man , darwin concluded , “ man , with all his noble qualities . . . with his godlike intellect , which has penetrated into the movements and constitution of the solar system . . . still bears in his bodily frame the indelible stamp of his lowly origin 在达尔文1871年出版的《人类的起源》一书中,他总结道: “人类,具备所有的高贵品质… …具有神一般的智慧,令他能够洞悉太阳系的运行和构造… …但他的肉体却仍然刻有无法抹煞的卑微出身印记。 ”