precipitously
英
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
- 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。 - 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%。 - 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如果Tesla决定通过提高售价来赚回成本，那么汽车的产量将急剧下降。 - Mr gross warns of yields on mortgage bonds rising precipitously if support is withdrawn but the European experience suggests that mortgages at reasonable rates are not merely an American exception.
格罗斯警告称，一旦支持撤销，抵押贷款债券的收益率就会陡然上升，但欧洲的经验表明，利率合理的抵押贷款并不只是美国特有的现象。 - 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。 - 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%。 - While$ 2,000 handbags and$ 700 stiletto heels are still expensive for most people, if prices drop precipitously, the perception of a label's value may also drop.
尽管2000美元一只的手袋和700美元一双的细高跟鞋对大部分人而言非常昂贵，但如果价格大幅下降，人们对品牌价值的感觉也会大打折扣。 - 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。 - 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。