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1. Oxford Dictionary

   precipitous

   • IPA[prɪˈsɪpɪtəs]

   英式

   • adj.
     dangerously high or steep；(of a change to a worse situation or condition) sudden and dramatic
2. • 釋義

   adj.

   形容詞

   • 1. dangerously high or steep the track skirted a precipitous drop 同義詞 steep, sheer, high, perpendicular, abrupt, ... 更多sharp, dizzy, vertiginous, vertical, bluff, rareacclivitous, declivitous
   • ▪ (of a change to a worse situation or condition) sudden and dramatic a precipitous slide in the government's popularity 同義詞 sudden, rapid, swift, abrupt, meteoric, ... 更多headlong, speedy, quick, fast, hurried, breakneck, violent, precipitate, unexpected, without warning, unanticipated, unforeseen, rareprecipitant
   • 2. (of an action) done suddenly and without careful consideration precipitous intervention 同義詞 hasty, overhasty, rash, hurried, rushed, ... 更多impetuous, impulsive, spur-of-the-moment, precipitate, incautious, imprudent, injudicious, ill-advised, heedless, reckless, hare-brained, foolhardy, informalharum-scarum, previous, raretemerarious
3. • 更多解釋

   precipitous

   • IPA[prēˈsipədəs]

   美式

   • adj.
     dangerously high or steep: the precipitous cliffs of the North Atlantic coast

   Oxford American Dictionary