| 单词 | precipitously |
| 释义 | precipitously (once / 15865 pages) adv WORD FAMILY precipitous: precipitously, precipitousness+/precipice: precipices, precipitous USAGE EXAMPLESAfter the introduction of the measles vaccine, the rate of the disease dropped precipitously; it was declared eliminated from the U.S. in 2000. Seattle Times(Jan 02, 2017) The name only began to gain traction in the early 1990s, and then dropped precipitously when Clinton entered the national stage. Time(Dec 21, 2016) The mouse’s blood pressure dropped precipitously and its heart rate turned irregular. Science Magazine(Dec 07, 2016) 1adv abruptly; in a precipitous manner the mountains rose precipitously from the shore 2adv very suddenly and to a great degree conditions that precipitously increase the birthrate Syn sharply |
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