precipitously
英
美
网络 陡峭地; 陡然地; 险峻地
BNC.44572 / COCA.18242
英英释义
adv
- abruptly
- the mountains rose precipitously from the shore
- very suddenly and to a great degree
- conditions that precipitously increase the birthrate
- prices rose sharply
双语例句
- The truly unpleasant surprise was that sales growth in Asia ( outside of Japan) dropped precipitously, from 36 per cent to 12 per cent.
真正令人不愉快的意外是，亚洲地区（日本以外）的销售增长急剧下降，从36%下降到了12%。 - Much of that came in Sand State markets such as Las Vegas Miami and Phoenix, where prices for all properties are have fallen precipitously.
这些开发就像建筑在沙滩上一样，如拉斯维加斯，迈阿密和凤凰城，这些地区的所有物业价格都急剧下降。 - Currencies have dropped against the dollar and the yen, some precipitously.
外围国家货币兑美元和日元汇率下跌，一些币种跌幅陡峭。 - Indeed, share prices have been falling as precipitously as they rose in a bull run that saw the index climb nearly 20 per cent between October 8 and November 11.
事实上，股价的下跌与此轮牛市行情中的上涨同样急速。10月8日至11月11日之间，大盘上涨了近20%。 - Mr gross warns of yields on mortgage bonds rising precipitously if support is withdrawn but the European experience suggests that mortgages at reasonable rates are not merely an American exception.
格罗斯警告称，一旦支持撤销，抵押贷款债券的收益率就会陡然上升，但欧洲的经验表明，利率合理的抵押贷款并不只是美国特有的现象。 - What is more, if stock prices fall precipitously and remain low, some companies may go after targets that suddenly seem affordable.
此外，如果股价暴跌并保持在低水平，有些企业可能就会瞄准那些身价降下来，仿佛突然买得起了的目标。 - But sales volumes in important cities, including Shanghai, Beijing and Shenzhen, have fallen precipitously in recent months.
但上海、北京和深圳等重要城市的售楼量近几个月来急剧下滑。 - Europe has witnessed bigger drops in the employment-to-population ratio, which fell precipitously in Germany and Italy in the 1970s and in France in the 1980s and 1990s. Were those declines also caused by wage misalignments?
欧洲的就业人口比率曾出现更大幅度下滑，比如上世纪70年代在德国和意大利，八、九十年代在法国，就业率都出现了大幅下滑。这些下滑是否也是薪资不合理引起的？ - Lack of opportunities at home could explain why the yen has dropped so precipitously, 20 per cent against the dollar since November.
国内投资机会匮乏或许正是日元汇率大幅下挫的原因&去年11月以来，日元兑美元下跌了20%。 - Central bankers may then be forced to tighten [ monetary policy] precipitously, eventually driving consumers and firms to cut back on spending.
到时候各国央行可能被迫陡然收紧（货币政策），最终促使消费者和企业缩减开支。