precipitated

英 [prɪˈsɪpɪteɪtɪd]

美 [prɪˈsɪpɪteɪtɪd]

v.  使…突然降临; 加速(坏事的发生); 使突然陷入(某种状态)
precipitate的过去分词和过去式

柯林斯词典

The verb is pronounced /prɪ'sɪpəteɪt/. The adjective is pronounced /prɪ'sɪpɪtət/. 动词读作 /prɪ'sɪpəteɪt/，形容词读作/prɪ'sɪpɪtət/。


• VERB 使（通常指不好的事件或形势）突然发生；加速
  If somethingprecipitatesan event or situation, usually a bad one, it causes it to happen suddenly or sooner than normal.
  1. The killings in Vilnius have precipitated the worst crisis yet...
     维尔纽斯的几起谋杀事件导致了迄今为止最严重的危机。
  2. A slight mistake could precipitate a disaster.
     小错误可能会招致大灾难。
• ADJ-GRADED （行动或决定）仓猝的，贸然的，突然的
  Aprecipitateaction or decision happens or is made more quickly or suddenly than most people think is sensible.
  1. I don't think we should make precipitate decisions...
     我认为我们不应该贸然作出决定。
  2. Many of our current problems have been caused by precipitate policy making in the past.
     我们目前的很多问题都是由过去仓猝制定的政策导致的。

双语例句

• The British press, making a mountain out of a molehill, precipitated an unnecessary economic crisis.
  英国报界小题大做，酿成了一场不必要的经济危机。
• Sulphur of all kinds, other than sublimed sulphur, precipitated sulphur and colloidal sulphur.
  各种硫磺，但升华硫磺、沉淀硫磺及胶态硫磺除外。
• BACKGROUND Reversible left ventricular dysfunction precipitated by emotional stress has been reported, but the mechanism remains unknown.
  背景研究人员已报告了由情感应激所引起的可逆性左心室功能障碍，但对其机制尚不了解。
• The company was precipitated into ruin when the exchange rate dropped.
  汇率下降时，公司一下子破产了。
• First, there is the great leap forward and the great famine that it precipitated.
  第一件是大跃进和由此导致的大饥荒。
• A small loosely aggregated mass of flocculent material suspended in or precipitated from a liquid.
  小而松散的丛毛状物质聚合成块，悬浮在液体中或从液体中沉淀出来。
• The killings in Vilnius have precipitated the worst crisis yet
  维尔纽斯的几起谋杀事件导致了迄今为止最严重的危机。
• The heat resistance of P92 steel decreased with the decreasing dislocation density and precipitated phases coarsening.
  随着位错密度的降低及析出相的粗化，P92钢的高温耐热性也降低。
• A precipitated solid substance in suspension or after settling or filtering.
  在悬浮液中或经沉淀或过滤后沉积下来的固体物质。
• The crisis precipitated by russia's revolution.
  这场危机由俄罗斯革命促成。