precipitously
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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
- 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。 - 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。 - Some stores simply raised prices weeks before Black Friday, only to lower them on the actual date in order to give consumers a sense that prices had dropped precipitously.
一些商店干脆在黑色星期五前几周抬高售价，只是在节日当天降低价格，继而让消费者们感觉到是在大减价。 - Growth has fallen precipitously in recent months and the economy may even be contracting, yet inflation has declined only marginally.
增长在最近几个月急剧下降，经济甚至可能被承包，但通货膨胀仅略有下降。 - Indeed, share prices have been falling as precipitously as they rose in a bull run that saw the index climb nearly 20 per cent between October 8 and November 11.
事实上，股价的下跌与此轮牛市行情中的上涨同样急速。10月8日至11月11日之间，大盘上涨了近20%。 - Europe has witnessed bigger drops in the employment-to-population ratio, which fell precipitously in Germany and Italy in the 1970s and in France in the 1980s and 1990s. Were those declines also caused by wage misalignments?
欧洲的就业人口比率曾出现更大幅度下滑，比如上世纪70年代在德国和意大利，八、九十年代在法国，就业率都出现了大幅下滑。这些下滑是否也是薪资不合理引起的？ - 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。 - Putin's work in East Germany was precipitously drawing to a close.
普京在前东德的工作也突然宣告结束。 - 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。 - 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。