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

• 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。
• 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。
• Asymptomatic hyperuricaemia may occur and gout may be precipitated.
  无症状高尿酸血症，可能会发生与痛风的可能沉淀。
• In this paper, effects of new grain refiners on dendrite structures, microsegregation and precipitated phases of cast superalloy K4169 have been studied.
  研究了新型晶粒细化剂对K4169高温合金枝晶组织、元素显微偏析和合金相的影响。
• That precipitated the current acute financial crisis.
  这个决定促成了眼下严重的金融危机。
• 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 company was precipitated into ruin when the exchange rate dropped.
  汇率下降时，公司一下子破产了。
• The crisis precipitated by russia's revolution.
  这场危机由俄罗斯革命促成。
• The cart overturned and precipitated us to the ditch.
  车子翻了，我们被摔进了沟里。
• Renewed contact with the West precipitated profound alteration of Japanese society.
  日本与西方复兴的接触关系促进了日本社会的深刻广泛的变革。