precipitously

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网络  陡峭地; 陡然地; 险峻地

BNC.44572 / COCA.18242

英英释义

adv

• abruptly
  1. the mountains rose precipitously from the shore
• very suddenly and to a great degree
  1. conditions that precipitously increase the birthrate
  2. prices rose sharply
  Synonym:sharply

双语例句

• 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。
• 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。
• 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%。
• 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。
• 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。
• Much of that came in Sand State markets such as Las Vegas Miami and Phoenix, where prices for all properties are have fallen precipitously.
  这些开发就像建筑在沙滩上一样，如拉斯维加斯，迈阿密和凤凰城，这些地区的所有物业价格都急剧下降。
• 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。
• The complexity rises precipitously after that.
  之后复杂性会急剧上升。
• 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%。
• 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%。