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precipice n.断崖；绝壁；险境 (1) 这条小径濒临断崖的边缘。 Unless you're a skilled climber or mountain-sport enthusiast, a precipice is a scary thing. Some imagine falling off and making the sharp drop, while others get dizzy just thinking about looking down. This makes sense, considering that the 17th-century English word precipice comes, through French, from Latin words meaning "headlong" and even "abrupt descent." In modern use, precipice also describes how it feels to fall, or fail, in areas of life that don't involve mountains, such as being "on the precipice of losing everything."

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英 ['presəpɪs] 美 ['presəpɪs] (1) The path verges on the edge of a precipice. Cartoon characters often end up on a precipice, the edge of a steep cliff, where their chubby toes curl and cling as they totter and eventually fall, making a hole in the ground below and getting up again. Most real people avoid precipices. 1[N-COUNT 可数名词]悬崖；峭壁 A precipice is a very steep cliff on a mountain. 2[N-COUNT 可数名词]险境；危局；绝境 If you say that someone is on the edge of a precipice, you mean that they are in a dangerous situation in which they are extremely close to disaster or failure. I was beginning to admit to myself that our marriage was rolling toward the edge of a precipice...我内心开始承认我们的婚姻正走向危险的边缘。The King now stands on the brink of a political precipice.国王现在处于政治上岌岌可危的境地。

英语单词	precipice
英美音标	英 ['presəpɪs] 美 ['presəpɪs]
中文释义	n.断崖；绝壁；险境
英语例句	(1) The path verges on the edge of a precipice.
中文例句	(1) 这条小径濒临断崖的边缘。
vocabulary简明	Cartoon characters often end up on a precipice, the edge of a steep cliff, where their chubby toes curl and cling as they totter and eventually fall, making a hole in the ground below and getting up again. Most real people avoid precipices.
vocabulary扩展	Unless you're a skilled climber or mountain-sport enthusiast, a precipice is a scary thing. Some imagine falling off and making the sharp drop, while others get dizzy just thinking about looking down. This makes sense, considering that the 17th-century English word precipice comes, through French, from Latin words meaning "headlong" and even "abrupt descent." In modern use, precipice also describes how it feels to fall, or fail, in areas of life that don't involve mountains, such as being "on the precipice of losing everything."
柯林斯解释	1 [N-COUNT 可数名词]悬崖；峭壁 A precipice is a very steep cliff on a mountain. 2 [N-COUNT 可数名词]险境；危局；绝境 If you say that someone is on the edge of a precipice, you mean that they are in a dangerous situation in which they are extremely close to disaster or failure. I was beginning to admit to myself that our marriage was rolling toward the edge of a precipice... 我内心开始承认我们的婚姻正走向危险的边缘。 The King now stands on the brink of a political precipice. 国王现在处于政治上岌岌可危的境地。

Precipice Edge Steep Fall Making N Count 可数名词 英

Precipice Edge Steep Fall Making N Count 可数名词英