precipitous

• adj. 險峻的；急躁的，魯莽的

來自precipitate,一頭栽下，-ous,形容詞後綴。引申詞義陡峭的，倉促的，貿然的。

precipitous (adj.)

1640s, "rash, headlong," from obsolete French precipiteux (16c.), from Vulgar Latin *praecipitosus, from praecipitare (see precipitation). Related: Precipitously; precipitousness.

1. Meryl's health started a precipitous decline.

梅裏爾的健康狀況開始急劇下降。

來自柯林斯例句

2. The stock market's precipitous drop frightened foreign investors.

股票市場的猛跌嚇壞了國外投資者。

來自柯林斯例句

3. a precipitous drop at the side of the road

道路一旁陡降的坡麵

來自《權威詞典》

4. Could there be a mountain more precipitous than this?

山之險峻,寧有逾此?

來自《現代漢英綜合大詞典》

5. A precipitous path led down the cliff.

從峭壁上下來有一條險峻的小路.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》