A precipitous slope or drop is very steep and often dangerous.
例句
The town is perched on the edge of a steep, precipitous cliff.該鎮坐落在陡峭險峻的懸崖邊上。
ADJ-GRADED
突然的；急劇的
A precipitous change is sudden and unpleasant.
例句
The stock market's precipitous drop frightened foreign investors...股票市場的猛跌嚇壞了國外投資者。Meryl's health started a precipitous decline.梅里爾的健康狀況開始急劇下降。
ADJ-GRADED
急促的；輕率的；倉猝的
A precipitous action happens very quickly and often without being planned.
例句
...a precipitous decision.輕率的決定
英漢詞典釋義
adj.
險峻的, 陡峭的
A precipitous path led down the cliff.從峭壁上下來有一條險峻的小路。
英英詞典釋義
Adjective
1. done with very great haste and without due deliberation;
"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"
2. characterized by precipices;
"a precipitous bluff"
3. extremely steep;
"an abrupt canyon""the precipitous rapids of the upper river""the precipitous hills of Chinese paintings""a sharp drop"