precipitous是什么意思_precipitous怎么读_中英文释义(含例句用法)

done with very great haste and without due deliberation;"hasty marriage seldom proveth well"
"hasty makeshifts take the place of planning"
"rejected what was regarded as an overhasty plan for reconversion"
"wondered whether they had been rather precipitate in deposing the king"

extremely steep;"an abrupt canyon"
"the precipitous rapids of the upper river"
"the precipitous hills of Chinese paintings"
"a sharp drop"

中英词源

precipitous 陡峭的，仓促的，贸然的

来自precipitate,一头栽下，-ous,形容词后缀。引申词义陡峭的，仓促的，贸然的。

precipitous (adj.): 1640s, "rash, headlong," from obsolete French precipiteux (16c.), from Vulgar Latin *praecipitosus, from praecipitare (see precipitation). Related: Precipitously; precipitousness.

词态变化

副词 precipitously;

权威造句

1. Meryl"s health started a precipitous decline.: 梅里尔的健康状况开始急剧下降。

2. The stock market"s precipitous drop frightened foreign investors.: 股票市场的猛跌吓坏了国外投资者。

3. a precipitous drop at the side of the road: 道路一旁陡降的坡面

4. Could there be a mountain more precipitous than this?: 山之险峻,宁有逾此?

5. A precipitous path led down the cliff.: 从峭壁上下来有一条险峻的小路.

近反义词

precipitous sea 怒涛

相似短语

precipitous sea 八级风浪

单词分析

暂无,等待补充.

记忆方法

1. => headfirst (downward).

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