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precipice

美 [ˈpresəpɪs]英 [ˈpresəpɪs]
  • n.悬崖;绝壁

复数: precipices

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noun

悬崖;绝壁
a very steep side of a high cliff , mountain or rock

The country was now on the edge of a precipice (= very close to disaster) .

这个国家现在情势岌岌可危。

see also precipitous

precipice

频次

  • 1
    N-COUNT 悬崖;峭壁
    A precipice is a very steep cliff on a mountain.

  • 2
    N-COUNT 险境;危局;绝境
    If you say that someone is on the edge of a precipice, you mean that they are in a dangerous situation in which they are extremely close to disaster or failure.

    I was beginning to admit to myself that our marriage was rolling toward the edge of a precipice...

    我内心开始承认我们的婚姻正走向危险的边缘。

noun

1
a very steep cliff

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  1. Watching him climb up the precipice , everybody was breathless with anxiety .

    看着他往悬崖上爬,大家都捏一把汗。

  2. A precipice on the left and a deep gully on the right & a real danger spot .

    左边是悬崖,右边是深沟,真是处绝地。

  3. The country was now on the edge of a precipice .

    这个国家现在情势岌岌可危。

  4. The King now stands on the brink of a political precipice .

    国王现在处于政治上岌岌可危的境地。

  5. I was beginning to admit to myself that our marriage was rolling toward the edge of a precipice

    我内心开始承认我们的婚姻正走向危险的边缘。

  6. The criminals should stop on the precipice , retract from the wrong path and not go any further .

    犯罪分子应当迷途知返,悬崖勒马,不要在错误的道路上继续走下去。

  7. A slight carelessness on this precipice could cost a man his life .

    在这悬崖上稍一疏忽就会使人丧生。

  8. Few people can climb up to the sheer precipices and overhanging rocks .

    悬崖绝壁很少有人能登上去

  9. Sheer above us rose the Spy-glass , here dotted with single pines , there black with precipices .

    我们的头顶上方耸立着陡峭的望远镜山,上面长着几棵孤零零的松树,其他地方则是黑黝黝的悬崖绝壁

  10. Next time I meet a precipice , my conditioning , learning .

    下一次我看到了一个悬崖,我的制约、知识。

  11. This latest tax increase may push many small companies over the financial precipice .

    最近的增税会把许多小公司推向财务困境。

  12. Our security , our future stands at a great precipice .

    我们的安全和未来都命悬一线。

  13. The country 's economy was on the edge of the precipice .

    该国的经济已处于崩溃的边缘。

  14. I must have physical security of the precipice .

    对于悬崖,我必须有身体上的安全。

  15. What needs to be done to move away from the precipice ?

    我们到底需要做些什么才能摆脱这一险境呢?

  16. Do not seat your love upon a precipice because it is high .

    别因为悬崖高高在上而让你的爱情坐在悬崖边上。

  17. Don 't venture too near the edge of the precipice .

    不要冒险太接近悬崖的边缘。

  18. Above them a great fortress extends the precipice way beyond its natural height .

    在它们上面一个大堡垒超出悬崖的天然高度沿着峭壁的方向延伸出去。

  19. It took a serious illness to push him over the precipice into debt .

    他生了一场大病才跌入债务的深渊的。

  20. He didn 't know he was standing on the edge of a precipice .

    他不知道自己已经站在悬崖边上。

  21. Two miles up the crumbling precipices seem devoid of life .

    向上两英里,这个满是碎岩的悬崖上看起来没有任何生命。

  22. But we are standing on the edge of a precipice .

    但我们正站在悬崖的边缘。

  23. She didn 't mind in the least standing on the edge of a precipice .

    站在悬崖边上,她竟毫不在意。

  24. The throat characteristic has great influence on getting a light from another light the precipice reservoir gas well to produce .

    喉道特征对火山岩储层气井产能影响非常大。

  25. You are walking us toward a precipice , amanda .

    你正领着我们走向悬崖,阿曼达。

  26. The hut hung half over the edge of the precipice .

    那间小屋有一半悬在峭壁边上。

  27. Both the upper and lower sandstone units of the precipice are oil-bearing .

    普雷西皮斯的上部和下部砂岩单元都含油。

  28. Do not seat your love upon a precipice ause it is high 。

    15.不要因为峭壁是高的,便让你的爱情坐在峭壁上。

  29. In the morning sunshine a precipice shone forth beyond the gulf .

    晨曦中,一座悬崖在深渊的对岸闪耀着光辉。

  30. Everybody 's following her like lemmings over the precipice .

    大家都像跳崖的旅鼠似地盲目追随她。