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
- 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。 - 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。 - Central bankers may then be forced to tighten [ monetary policy] precipitously, eventually driving consumers and firms to cut back on spending.
到时候各国央行可能被迫陡然收紧(货币政策),最终促使消费者和企业缩减开支。 - Mr gross warns of yields on mortgage bonds rising precipitously if support is withdrawn but the European experience suggests that mortgages at reasonable rates are not merely an American exception.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。 - Some stores simply raised prices weeks before Black Friday, only to lower them on the actual date in order to give consumers a sense that prices had dropped precipitously.
一些商店干脆在黑色星期五前几周抬高售价,只是在节日当天降低价格,继而让消费者们感觉到是在大减价。 - Putin's work in East Germany was precipitously drawing to a close.
普京在前东德的工作也突然宣告结束。 - These funds are going to have the ability to buy any global company, to create panic in markets if they move too precipitously, even to dwarf the political clout of international financial institutions.
这些基金将有能力收购任何一家全球性公司,如果它们过于轻率行事,可能会造成市场的恐慌,甚至可能削弱国际金融机构的政治影响力。 - 'This is a severe recession and states'tax revenues have dropped off precipitously while their expenses have not,'said Bernard Baumohl of Economic Outlook Group LLC, a forecasting firm.
预测公司EconomicOutlookGroupLLC的鲍莫尔(BernardBaumohl)说,这是一场严重的衰退,各州的税收锐减,而支出却没有减少。 - 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。 - Indeed, share prices have been falling as precipitously as they rose in a bull run that saw the index climb nearly 20 per cent between October 8 and November 11.
事实上,股价的下跌与此轮牛市行情中的上涨同样急速。10月8日至11月11日之间,大盘上涨了近20%。