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。
Similarity of structure between organs or parts , possibly of dissimilar function , that are related by common descent 同构发生,同源发生源于同一祖先,可能功能不同的器官或部分在结构上的相似
Those holding these more literal views tend to be the ones who dispute scientific theories the most , and take particular issue with the implication from evolutionary biology of common descent - - that humans are descended from " lesser creatures " 持有这些更多文字观的那些人倾向某部分人,这部分人怀疑大多数科学理论,而接受特定的观点,即具有牵扯到共同沿袭进化生物学?人类由“很少的人”传下来。
百科解释
In evolutionary biology, a group of organisms share common descent if they have a common ancestor. There is strong quantitative support for the theory that all living organisms on Earth are descended from a common ancestor.