precipitous

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pre·cip·i·tous /prɪˈsɪpɪtəs/ adjectiveadj

1 very sudden 突然的，骤然的，急剧的

a precipitous decline in stock prices

股价的骤跌

2 DANGEROUSdangerously high or steep 险峻的，陡峭的

a precipitous path

陡峭的小路

3 HURRY formal happening or done too quickly, and not thought about carefully 草率的，仓促的，贸然的

a precipitous marriage

草率的婚姻

—precipitously adverbadv

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precipitous• More telling are the precipitous cost increases at state universities, which account for four out of every five college diplomas.• a precipitous decision• Much of the precipitous decline in return on equity was due to a rise in labor costs over those years.• The precipitous discharge of some young children, I think, was avoided.• a precipitous drop in property values• If a bear suddenly appears, the goats head for precipitous ledges where the less agile predator can not follow.• The precipitous nature of the slide is also noteworthy.• A precipitous path led down the cliff.• A few hundred steps down a gorge, then up the precipitous rock wall.• Looking back, the precipitous shreds of sheeting rain effectively sanctioned a cordon between himself and what had gone before.• There were no drainage ditches here, the shoulders too abrupt, the slope too precipitous, to collect water.

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