precipitous
音标：
英音/ prɪˈsɪpɪtəs / 美音/ prɪˈsɪpɪtəs /
听听基本释意：
外刊例句：
The union continues to advocate farmworker protections in Sacramento and to secure local contracts for workers, but it has also seen precipitous membership drops in recent decades.
该工会继续倡导保护萨克拉门托的农场工人，并为工人争取当地合同，但近几十年来，该工会的会员人数也急剧下降。
—New York Times
After the programs began, overall Border Patrol apprehensions at the border reached their lowest levels in two years, led by a precipitous decline in Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans and Venezuelans.
该计划开始后，边境巡逻队的总体逮捕人数达到了两年来的最低水平，其中古巴人、海地人、尼加拉瓜人和委内瑞拉人的数量急剧下降。
—New York Times
Moscow’s precipitous fall reflects “the detrimental impact of war” with Ukraine in its national value, reads the report.
报告称，莫斯科的急剧衰落反映了与乌克兰的“战争对其国家价值的有害影响”。
—Washington Times
基本释意：
adjective
extremely steep
险峻的；急躁的，鲁莽的
同义词：
没有找到同义词
短释义：
Look closely and you’ll spot most of the word precipice (a sheer, almost vertical cliff) in precipitous. Now imagine how you’d feel standing at the edge peering over, and you’ll grasp the sense of impending danger that precipitous tends to imply. Precipitous declines in sales lead to bankruptcy. Precipitous mountainside hiking trails are not for the acrophobic. It can describe an ascent, but precipitous is most often used for things going literally or figuratively downhill.
急剧的、陡峭的下跌——无论是股价、过山车还是明星的受欢迎程度——都可以被描述为急剧下跌。简而言之，陡峭意味着危险的陡峭。
长释义：
Look closely and you’ll spot most of the word precipice (a sheer, almost vertical cliff) in precipitous. Now imagine how you’d feel standing at the edge peering over, and you’ll grasp the sense of impending danger that precipitous tends to imply. Precipitous declines in sales lead to bankruptcy. Precipitous mountainside hiking trails are not for the acrophobic. It can describe an ascent, but precipitous is most often used for things going literally or figuratively downhill.
仔细观察，您会发现“悬崖”（陡峭的、几乎垂直的悬崖）一词的大部分内容都是“陡峭的”。现在想象一下你站在悬崖边缘向外张望的感觉，你就会领会陡峭往往暗示的危险迫在眉睫的感觉。销售额急剧下降导致破产。陡峭的山腰徒步小径不适合恐高症者。它可以描述上升，但陡峭最常用于字面上或象征性的下坡。
文学例句：
I breathe in the difference of being on this earth now and maybe not tomorrow, the precipitous edge of something new for me but as ancient as the beginning of time.
我呼吸着现在生活在这个地球上的不同，也许不是明天，对我来说是新事物的陡峭边缘，但就像时间的开始一样古老。
—The Adoration of Jenna Fox by Mary E. Pearson
The ground was rocky, but the rocks were thick with moss and pine needles, and the slopes they climbed were not precipitous.
地面都是岩石，但岩石上长满了厚厚的苔藓和松针，他们爬的斜坡并不陡峭。
—The Amber Spyglass by Philip Pullman
Kaede held her breath as her horse picked his way across, seemingly oblivious to the precipitous drop beneath them.
当她的马缓慢地穿过时，枫屏住了呼吸，似乎没有注意到他们脚下的陡坡。
—Huntress by Malinda Lo
词源：
precipitous (adj.)1640s, “rash, done with excessive or undue haste” (a sense now obsolete), also “rushing headlong, violently hurried,” from obsolete French precipiteux (16c.), from Vulgar Latin *praecipitosus, from praecipitare “to throw or dive headlong; be hasty” (see precipitation). Meaning “high and steep” is from 1806. Related: Precipitously; precipitousness.Related entries & more
下面是词源的翻译（机器翻译比较难翻，参考着看）
precipitous (adj.)1640年代，“鲁莽，以过度或不适当的仓促完成”（这种感觉现在已经过时了），也“冲头，猛烈地匆忙”，源自过时的法语 precipiteux (16c.)，源自通俗拉丁语 *praecipitosus，源自 praecipitare “猛烈地投掷或潜水；仓促”（见降水）。 “高而陡”的意思源自 1806 年。陡峭性。相关条目及更多
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