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precipitousness

/pri-sip-i-tuhs/US // prɪˈsɪp ɪ təs //UK // (prɪˈsɪpɪtəs) //

陡峭性,陡峭,悬崖峭壁,悬崖勒马

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : of the nature of or characterized by precipices: a precipitous wall of rock.
    • : extremely or impassably steep: precipitous mountain trails.
    • : precipitate.

Synonyms & Antonyms

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Synonyms
amazement惊奇,惊讶,赞叹,惊诧astonishment惊奇,惊愕,惊诧,惊异awe敬畏,威严,使人敬畏,威风凛凛bewilderment困惑,迷惑,疑惑,困惑症consternation惊愕,惊慌失措,惊恐,忧虑curiosity好奇心,好奇,好奇心强,好奇心强的人disappointment失望,失落,失败,失意jolt颠簸,冲击,颠覆,摇晃miracle神迹,神蹟,神功,神奇revelation启示,启示录,揭示,揭秘shock震惊,震动,冲击,震撼wonder惊叹,想知道,惊奇,奇观abruptness突然性,骤然,贸然行动,骤变attack攻击,袭击,抨击,抨击的bombshell炸弹,炮弹,炸弹效应,重磅炸弹disillusion幻灭,幻灭感,幻想破灭,幻觉epiphany顿悟,启示录,悟性,悟道eureka尤里卡,尤利卡,极乐世界,极乐fortune财富,运气,命运,幸运godsend天赐良机,天赐之物,神的恩赐,天赐的礼物incredulity令人难以置信,难以置信,令人难以置信的,令人难以置信的是kick踢,踢球,踹,踢人marvel奇迹,惊奇,惊叹,惊叹不已miscalculation误判,误算,误解,误区phenomenon现象portent启示,预示着,启示录,预兆precipitance沉淀,沉淀度,沉淀物,降水precipitation降水,降水量,沉淀,沉淀物prodigy神童,奇才rarity稀有性,稀缺性,罕见,稀有start开始,启动,开始吧,开启stupefaction惊愕,昏厥,昏昏沉沉,昏迷suddenness突发性,突然性,突发事件,突发thunderbolt霹雳火,霹雳,霹雳啪啦,雷电whammy重击,重击声,重击术,捶打wonderment惊叹,奇观,惊奇,惊叹声astoundment惊世骇俗,惊奇,惊天动地,惊愕curveball曲线球,曲球,弧球,弧线球eye-opener大开眼界,开眼界,开阔眼界,开眼界了unexpected出乎意料,意外的,出乎意料的,出人意料unforeseen始料未及,始料未及的,意外,意外的

Examples

  • News publishers in particular have alleged the company is not adequately compensating them for content, leading to a precipitous decline in financial viability for journalism.

  • San Diego’s “naturally affordable housing,” homes not built with the help of subsidies that are nonetheless cheap enough for low-income residents to afford, has been in precipitous decline since before Faulconer took office.

  • We think everyone needs to hunker down and brace for what’s going to be a precipitous increase.

  • New studies, from both federal and private research groups, generally indicate that when the country marked precipitous job losses from March to May—with more than 25 million people forced out of work—the loss of health insurance was less dramatic.

  • Steady increases in fishing capacity—larger nets, bigger ships that voyaged farther out to sea, new technologies for scraping the seabed—compensated for and thus largely masked precipitous declines in the abundance of fish.

  • Mars Hill Church leaders blamed bad publicity for the precipitous drop in attendance and tithes.

  • That would have been a highly precipitous withdrawal and would have looked suspiciously like defeat.

  • This sort of precipitous drop can reflect gyrations in the  price of gas.

  • Part of the reason for this precipitous decline is likely climate change.

  • The plea deal represents a precipitous fall from grace, writes John Avlon.

  • Ripperda's equipage wound down a long and twisting defile between two precipitous rocks.

  • Subig is a fine natural harbour, but with precipitous shores just as Nature has made it.

  • The Prussians held an apparently impregnable position on the Landgrafenberg, a precipitous hill which commanded the town.

  • A very shallow sheet of water flowed down over a broad but nowise precipitous ledge of rock into the valley beneath.

  • The last cone of the mountain gave us some trouble: the route was very precipitous, and lay over bare, hot masses of rock.