All the contributors were of African descent.

所有捐助者都是非洲血统。

《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

She drove up a steep grade and then began the long descent into the desert.

她驾车爬上一个陡坡，然后开始长长的下坡进入沙漠。

《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

There is a gradual descent to the sea.

有一片斜坡缓缓伸延到海边。

《牛津词典》

And in San Francisco, a full one-third of the population is of Asian descent.

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We learn shortly afterwards that they have taken this descent to the Piraeus to view a festival, a kind of carnival.

我们稍后得知,他们一起南下皮里亚斯,去观赏一场庆典，类似嘉年华的庆典。

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The focus of the Nativity Ode isn't even really on the Incarnation that's the theological doctrine of divinity's descent into humanity, how God becomes a mortal.

圣诞清晨歌》的重点不在化身上,也就是神的血统转换成人的这一神学教义，上帝是怎么成为凡人的。

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In people of African descent, the skin may be light brown, and in those of Asian or Northern European descent, the skin is usually white.

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Tom stopped in the marble elevator bank and watched for the descent of the other elevators.

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They are part of a group of seven figures, known to have been created in Paris, that comprise The Descent from the Cross.

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