precipitously
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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
- Lack of opportunities at home could explain why the yen has dropped so precipitously, 20 per cent against the dollar since November.
国内投资机会匮乏或许正是日元汇率大幅下挫的原因&去年11月以来，日元兑美元下跌了20%。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - But there is also an alternative scenario in which construction activity continues to drop precipitously, resulting in more heavy job losses, weak house prices and an erosion of consumer confidence that would threaten recession.
但还存在另一种可能出现的前景：建筑活动将继续急剧下滑，导致幅度更大的裁员、房价走弱，并侵蚀消费者信心，令美国经济面临衰退的风险。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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%。