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单词 precipitously
释义
precipitously
adverb
uk
/prɪˈsɪp.ɪ.təs.li/
us
/priːˈsɪp.ə.t̬əs.li/

precipitouslyadverb(STEEPLY)

in a way that is verysteep
陡然地,险峻地
Cliffs oftenriseprecipitously from thesea.悬崖往往从海中陡然升起。
Thepathsnakesprecipitously down thesideof a 1,000-foot red-rockcliff.这条路沿着1000英尺的红岩悬崖陡然蜿蜒而下。
More examples
  • Thetowniscrammedonto athinstripbetweencliffsandsea, themountainsrisingprecipitously behind.
  • Wedrovethrough the Upper Town anddescended, precipitously, arockroadthatrunsstraightto theriver.
  • The house'sterraceisperchedprecipitously above thewater.

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Examplesofprecipitously

precipitously
Without such annuities, a woman's standard of living would dropprecipitouslyafter her husbands' death - even if the woman had a pension of her own.
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It has been found that when joint accelerations changeprecipitously, bigger trajectory tracking errors are more likely to occur.
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In general, per capita recruitment droppedprecipitouslythrough 2002 and was not compensated for by other demographic mechanisms, such as increased survival.
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Turnout and partisanship rates for opposition forces were high before, and declinedprecipitouslyafter, the turn-of-the-century constitutional 27.
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The peak price occurred in 1997 through late 1998, after which the prices droppedprecipitously.
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The average inflation rate droppedprecipitouslythroughout the advanced industrialized world.
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If either of these conditions is absent, the frequency drops offprecipitously.
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As both social capital and civic reorganization theorists expect, ties to individual membership groups have declinedprecipitously.
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When family size drops below 5, however, degrees of freedom for the denominator dropprecipitously, reducing power.
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In those years, investment in purebred livestock fellprecipitously.
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Her conditionprecipitouslydeclined during the next several weeks, as she fell into a deep coma and required a nasogastric tube for nutrition and hydration.
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These infants oftenprecipitouslydeliver before any discussion or plan with the family.
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But as political conditions changed and cross-cultural trade grew, competition between groups for access to different types of resources increasedprecipitously.
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Immediately after the minimum inward current was attained, the inward current increasedprecipitously, at which time the clamp was turned off to avoid oscillation.
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Coincident with this first phase of cease-fire and demobilisation of forces (1992-1995), crime climbedprecipitously.
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