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Precipitate Made Caused Means Class Pronounced Suddenly N

英语单词 precipitate
英美音标 英 [prɪ'sɪpɪteɪt] 美 [prɪ'sɪpɪteɪt]
中文释义 vt.促成;使 ... 沉淀;猛摔
n.沉淀物;冷凝物
adj.仓促的;迅猛的;感情用事的
英语例句 (1) All this will precipitate an economic crisis.
(2) It would only serve to precipitate his ruin.
(3) Iron and aluminum compounds precipitate as a voluminous sludge.
(4) The cart overturned and precipitated us to the ditch.
(5) A yellow precipitate should form immediately.
(6) The properties of precipitate is determined by these processes.
(7) They made a precipitate decision.
(8) The king was too precipitate in declaring war.
(9) They acted with precipitate haste.
(10) A cool breeze caused a precipitate drop in the temperature.
中文例句 (1) 所有这些会促成经济危机。
(2) 它只会加速他的毁灭。
(3) 铁和铝的化合物成为一种体积庞大的蓬松的游渣沉淀下来。
(4) 车子翻了,我们被摔进了沟里。
(5) 很快会形成一种黄色沉淀物。
(6) 沉淀物的性质由这些过程所决定。
(7) 他们作了一个轻率的决定。
(8) 国王在宣战一事上过于轻率。
(9) 他们鲁莽仓促地采取了行动。
(10) 冷风使温度急降。
vocabulary简明 Precipitate usually means "bringing something on" or "making it happen" — and not always in a good way. An unpopular verdict might "precipitate violence" or one false step at the Grand Canyon could precipitate you down into the gorge.
vocabulary扩展 Precipitate, as a verb, can also mean specifically, "to fall from clouds," such as rain, snow, or other forms of precipitation. When used as an adjective, precipitate means "hasty" or "acting suddenly." If you decide to throw your class project in a trash masher just because someone in your class had a similar idea, then your actions might be described as precipitate. Or if you do that sort of thing regularly, you may be a precipitate person.
柯林斯解释
The verb is pronounced /prɪ'sɪpəteɪt/. The adjective is pronounced /prɪ'sɪpɪtət/. 动词读作 /prɪ'sɪpəteɪt/,形容词读作/prɪ'sɪpɪtət/。
1
[VERB 动词]使(通常指不好的事件或形势)突然发生;加速 If something precipitates an event or situation, usually a bad one, it causes it to happen suddenly or sooner than normal.
  [V n]
  [FORMAL 正式]
  • The killings in Vilnius have precipitated the worst crisis yet...

    维尔纽斯的几起谋杀事件导致了迄今为止最严重的危机。

  • A slight mistake could precipitate a disaster.

    小错误可能会招致大灾难。

2
[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词](行动或决定)仓猝的,贸然的,突然的 A precipitate action or decision happens or is made more quickly or suddenly than most people think is sensible.
  [usu ADJ n]
  [FORMAL 正式]
  • I don't think we should make precipitate decisions...

    我认为我们不应该贸然作出决定。

  • Many of our current problems have been caused by precipitate policy making in the past.

    我们目前的很多问题都是由过去仓猝制定的政策导致的。

precipitately
  • Somebody hired from another country is not likely to resign precipitately...

    外国雇员不可能贸然辞职。

  • He hurried precipitately away.

    他突然匆忙离开。

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