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

• 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。
• 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。
• '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。
• 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。
• But sales volumes in important cities, including Shanghai, Beijing and Shenzhen, have fallen precipitously in recent months.
  但上海、北京和深圳等重要城市的售楼量近几个月来急剧下滑。
• 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%。
• 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。
• Overall computer performance falls off precipitously as the computer's RAM utilization close to100%.
  当计算机的RAM利用率接近100%时，计算机的整体性能就会突然急剧下降。
• 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。
• 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。