A soft landing means a spacecraft has a slow, controlled descent.

软着陆指宇宙飞船以缓慢可控的速度着陆。

All the victims were of Afghan or Pakistani descent.

所有受害者都是阿富汗人或巴基斯坦人。

The sub begins its long descent.

潜艇开始了漫长的下降。

But before the astronauts began their final descent, an emergency alarm lit up.

但是在宇航员开始着手最后的降落之前，有一个紧急信号灯亮起了。

It was a four-minute and 27-second descent.

我下降了四分27秒。

Ground teams tried to control the satellite's descent but the pool was too great.

地面小组试图控制卫星的下降，但难度太大了。

Michel, that's a Londoner of Pakistani descent.

迈克尔，这是一有巴基斯坦口音的伦敦人。

Harry followed their descent through his Omnioculars, squinting to see where the Snitch was.

哈利通过全景望远镜追随着他们的坠落，眯起眼睛寻找金色飞贼。

But there was only the light of its slow descent.

但是只看到它慢慢沉下时的磷光。

One minute before January 1st, the sparkling ball begins its descent.

11日前一分钟，闪闪发光的水晶球开始下降。

Okay, the NASA website says Howard's final descent has begun.

好的，太空署的网站显示太空舱降落的最后一段开始了。

Well, even Hezbollah's strongholds in Lebanon have seen some rare descent.

即使是真主党在黎巴嫩的据点也出现了罕见缩减。

After a long pause, he entered the cave and began his descent.

过了很长一段时间，他进入了洞穴，开始往下走。

It shows four friends from India recording the descent on Facebook live.

视频显示，来自印度的四个朋友在脸书上直播了这次坠机。

We picked up our backpacks and we started our descent into the gorge.

我们拿起背包，开始向峡谷下降。

Neither is offering a descent to the moon's surface-just a lunar fly-by.

两个公司都不提供降落地面的服务————仅仅是绕飞行。

And finally, put some turns together, so you can control your descent down the slope.

最后把转弯连起来，好让你能在下滑时控制速度。

Experts say most of the eight-ton craft would have burnt off in its rapid descent.

专家称这个八吨重的航天器多数部件将在快速下降的过程中烧蚀销毁。

After they had eaten, they remained in their places, awaiting Professor McGonagall's descent from the staff table.

吃过早饭，他们仍然坐在座位上，等麦格教授从教工餐桌上下来。

If I'm climbing and I need to initiate a descent, I need to vent helium.

如果正在上升，下降的时候我需要排出氦气。