precipitously
英
美
网络 陡峭地; 陡然地; 险峻地
BNC.44572 / COCA.18242
英英释义
adv
- abruptly
- the mountains rose precipitously from the shore
- very suddenly and to a great degree
- conditions that precipitously increase the birthrate
- prices rose sharply
双语例句
- The mountain path descended precipitously to a small valley.
这条山间小道急转直下通到一个小山谷。 - While$ 2,000 handbags and$ 700 stiletto heels are still expensive for most people, if prices drop precipitously, the perception of a label's value may also drop.
尽管2000美元一只的手袋和700美元一双的细高跟鞋对大部分人而言非常昂贵，但如果价格大幅下降，人们对品牌价值的感觉也会大打折扣。 - The truly unpleasant surprise was that sales growth in Asia ( outside of Japan) dropped precipitously, from 36 per cent to 12 per cent.
真正令人不愉快的意外是，亚洲地区（日本以外）的销售增长急剧下降，从36%下降到了12%。 - Mr gross warns of yields on mortgage bonds rising precipitously if support is withdrawn but the European experience suggests that mortgages at reasonable rates are not merely an American exception.
格罗斯警告称，一旦支持撤销，抵押贷款债券的收益率就会陡然上升，但欧洲的经验表明，利率合理的抵押贷款并不只是美国特有的现象。 - Should Tesla decide to raise prices to cover its costs, its volume will drop precipitously.
如果Tesla决定通过提高售价来赚回成本，那么汽车的产量将急剧下降。 - Though the absolute number of students signing up to take the examination is increasing, the rate of increase dropped precipitously this year compared with last year, according to data provided by the Ministry of Education.
据教育部的有关数据显示，尽管今年的绝对报考人数仍有增加，但与去年相比，增幅有明显下降。 - Growth has fallen precipitously in recent months and the economy may even be contracting, yet inflation has declined only marginally.
增长在最近几个月急剧下降，经济甚至可能被承包，但通货膨胀仅略有下降。 - Overall computer performance falls off precipitously as the computer's RAM utilization close to100%.
当计算机的RAM利用率接近100%时，计算机的整体性能就会突然急剧下降。 - Our new study found, unfortunately, that regime shifts with potentially large consequences can happen without warning& systems can 'tip' precipitously.
可惜，我们新的研究发现，可造成严重后果的生态状况突变可能会在没有预兆的情况发生&系统可能突然坍塌。 - Should it refuse, as likely, Greece would be forced into an exit and it would have to close its external deficit precipitously.
如果欧洲央行拒绝这么做（可能性很大），希腊就将被迫退出欧元区，并且将不得不仓促结束外部赤字。