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单词 precipitous
释义
Precipitous
adj satadj.alldone with very great haste and without due deliberation
Synset:hasty overhasty precipitant precipitate
Examples:
  • hasty marriage seldom proveth well - Shakespeare
  • hasty makeshifts take the place of planning - Arthur Geddes
  • rejected what was regarded as an overhasty plan for reconversion
  • wondered whether they had been rather precipitate in deposing the king
Antonyms:unhurried
Derivationally Related Form:precipitatehastinesshasteprecipitanceprecipitatenessprecipitousnessprecipitancy
Inherited Hypernyms:hasty
Similar to:hurried
adj satadj.allextremely steep
Synset:abrupt sharp
Examples:
  • an abrupt canyon
  • the precipitous rapids of the upper river
  • the precipitous hills of Chinese paintings
  • a sharp drop
Antonyms:gradual
Derivationally Related Form:precipiceabruptnessprecipitousness
Inherited Hypernyms:abrupt
Similar to:steep
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