英语释义

• abruptly; in a precipitous manner;

  "the mountains rose precipitously from the shore"

• very suddenly and to a great degree;

  "conditions that precipitously increase the birthrate"

  "prices rose sharply"

片语

unexpectedlyad 出乎意料地，意外地

steeplyad 陡峭地；险峻地

英汉例句

• the baker-hamilton group is right to say that america should neither leave precipitously nor stay forever.

  贝克—汉密尔顿小组说的正确，美国既不应当迅速撤军也不应当永远呆下去。

• no doubt american neocons have already prepared the groundwork for blaming obama who is allegedly withdrawing precipitously from baghdad.

  毫无疑问，美国保守派们已经做好了埋怨据称已从巴格达陡然撤军的奥巴马的準备工作了。

• combined with economic uncertainty, this sent post-communist nations tumbling into uncharted territory, with fertility rates falling even more precipitously than they had in the mediterranean.

  这与经济不确定性相结合，把后社会主义国家裹挟着送入未知的地域，出生率急转直下比地中海国家跌落的更快。

• the largest volcanoes might cause short-term climate change profound enough to reduce agricultural production precipitously in many places at once.

  这个最大的火山爆发对环境的影响之大，足以使得很多地区的农业大幅减产。

• those in the middle have seen their real incomes fall over the same period, precipitously so in the case of those with only high school qualifications.

  处于中间阶层的人同期内实际收入有所下降，而在那些只有高中文凭的人当中，这一趋势尤为明显。

• now conservationists from the zoological society of london's project seahorse team are warning populations could fall precipitously because so much of their habitat could have been lost to the spill.

  现在，来自伦敦海马计划团队动物学社会的保护管理论者发出警告，由于因溢油而失去太多的栖息环境，海马的数量将会陡减。

• that was primarily motivated by a fear that mail would decline precipitously and they needed a new source of income.

  这样，首先就会产生一种邮件数量会大量减少的恐惧，进而，他们会需要一个新的利润增长点。

• but because import demand, capital flows and the need for foreign workers declined precipitously in the west, almost all developing countries are suffering.

  但由于西方的进口需求、资金流动和外国员工的需求大幅度下降，几乎所有发展中国家都在受挫。

• as we have previously reported, amur tiger populations have dropped precipitously in recent years to around 250 animals, and the species faces a genetic bottleneck that puts it at risk of inbreeding.

  我们之前的报道指出，它们的数量在最近几年锐减到250只左右，这个种族面临着遗传瓶颈，这将它们推入了近亲繁殖的危险境地。

• torrential rains and precipitously high water levels last year strained the dam and led officials to downplay its ability to control floods.

  去年的暴雨和激增的水位令大坝出现险情，官员们也因此淡化大坝控制洪灾的能力。

• market share had declined precipitously under smith, falling from 43.5% to 33.5% and the company belatedly was cutting capacity to compensate.

  在史密斯治下，公司的市场份额急剧下跌，从43.5%跌至33.5%，而公司却没有及时削减产能以弥补损失。

• spending on consumer durable goods like autos dropped precipitously in 1930.

  1930年，类似汽车这样的耐用消费品支出急剧下跌。

• the complexity rises precipitously after that.

  之后复杂性会急剧上升。

• lately, however, the concentration has fallen precipitously in america—in preparation for the introduction of catalytic converters on big trucks.

  然而，最近在美国其含量陡然下降，因为美国準备引入催化式排气凈化器用于大型卡车。