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

• News of possible devaluation of the pound precipitated furious financial trading.
  英镑可能会贬值的消息促成了疯狂的金融交易。
• After several hours the ampule contents were dissolved in DMF, precipitated into acetone and dried in vacuo.
  经过几个小时的安瓿内容被解散在DMF，沉淀成丙酮和干果在真空中。
• Both fractures and vugs may be closed or partially closed by precipitated calcite or other similar material.
  裂缝和岩穴被方解石沉淀物或其它类似的物质完全或部分地封闭。
• 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。
• Falling sales precipitated the failure of the company.
  销售量的下降加速了该公司的垮台。
• Often when I became a consultant to a federal agency, that precipitated its demise, he admitted.
  当我成为一家联邦机构的顾问时，常常就促成了它的没落，他承认。
• The crisis precipitated by russia's revolution.
  这场危机由俄罗斯革命促成。
• 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 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。
• The company was precipitated into ruin when the exchange rate dropped.
  汇率下降时，公司一下子破产了。