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precipitously

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UK [prɪ'sɪpɪtəsli]
  • adv.陡峭地
  • Web陡然地；突然地；仓促地

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陡峭地

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AllAll,陡峭地陡峭地,陡然地陡然地,突然地突然地,仓促地仓促地
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The value of the peso had been declining precipitously, undermining Mexico's ability to borrow money or to repay existing debts.
比索急剧贬值，损害了墨西哥的借贷或偿还现有债务的能力。
bǐ suǒ jí jù biǎn zhí , sǔn hài le mò xī gē de jiè dài huò cháng huán xiàn yǒu zhài wù de néng lì 。
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I believe that if we were precipitously to withdraw from Baghdad at this point, there would be a dramatic increase in sectarian violence.
他说：“我相信如果我们在这个时候从巴格达仓促撤军，宗派性暴力事件必定显著增多。”
tā shuō : " wǒ xiāng xìn rú guǒ wǒ men zài zhè ge shí hou cóng bā gé dá cāng cù chè jūn , zōng pài xìng bào lì shì jiàn bì dìng xiǎn zhù zēng duō 。 "
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If a stock declines precipitously, particularly within a year of a public offering, a lawsuit is almost assured.
如果一只股票急剧下跌，尤其是在上市一年内，一场诉讼几乎是不可避免的。
rú guǒ yī zhī gǔ piào jí jù xià diē , yóu qí shì zài shàng shì yī nián nèi , yī chǎng sù sòng jī hū shì bù kě bì miǎn de 。
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He held his hand out in the air, plotting an imaginary line that dropped precipitously to his knees.
他伸出一只手，在空中划出的假想曲线最低处快触及了他的膝盖。
tā shēn chū yī zhī shǒu , zài kōng zhōng huà chū de jiǎ xiǎng qū xiàn zuì dī chù kuài chù jí le tā de xī gài 。
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The meal over, the guests rush away. They rush away precipitously, as if they feared a plague.
饭一吃完客人们便匆匆忙忙走了，他们仓皇逃走，仿佛怕瘟疫降临。
fàn yī chī wán kè ren men biàn cōng cōng máng máng zǒu le , tā men cāng huáng táo zǒu , fǎng fú pà wēn yì jiàng lín 。
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With sales dropping precipitously, auto makers haven't been able to cut production fast enough to prevent inventory increases.
随着销量急剧下滑，汽车生产商的减产速度不足以防止库存的增加。
suí zhe xiāo liàng jí jù xià huá , qì chē shēng chǎn shāng de jiǎn chǎn sù dù bù zú yǐ fáng zhǐ kù cún de zēng jiā 。
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The Baker-Hamilton group is right to say that America should neither leave precipitously nor stay forever.
贝克—汉密尔顿小组说的正确，美国既不应当迅速撤军也不应当永远呆下去。
bèi kè — hàn mì ěr dùn xiǎo zǔ shuō de zhèng què , měi guó jì bù yīng dāng xùn sù chè jūn yě bù yīng dāng yǒng yuǎn dāi xià qù 。
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You may have had problems collecting money owed to you, or saw college financial aid decrease suddenly and precipitously.
你可能很难收回欠款，或者学校的资金补助陡然减少。
nǐ kě néng hěn nán shōu huí qiàn kuǎn , huò zhě xué xiào de zī jīn bǔ zhù dǒu rán jiǎn shǎo 。
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The old Bousque woman always arrived precipitously, as if she were short on time.
博斯克老太太总是不期而至，好像她缺少时间观念似的。
bó sī kè lǎo tài tài zǒng shì bù qī ér zhì , hǎo xiàng tā quē shǎo shí jiān guān niàn shì de 。
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Since the human genome was sequenced six years ago, the cost of producing a high-quality genome sequence has dropped precipitously .
从六年前人类基因组测序的完成，高品质的基因组测序结果的花费已经明显降低。
cóng liù nián qián rén lèi jī yīn zǔ cè xù de wán chéng , gāo pǐn zhì de jī yīn zǔ cè xù jié guǒ de huā fèi yǐ jīng míng xiǎn jiàng dī 。
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