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 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。
• That precipitated the current acute financial crisis.
  这个决定促成了眼下严重的金融危机。
• A new process for preparing high-purity and ultrafine magnesium hydroxide with precipitated magnesium mud was studied.
  文章探索以吉兰泰盐湖卤水的沉淀镁泥为镁源，制备高纯、超细氢氧化镁的工艺条件。
• 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。
• 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。
• The aqueous phase is precipitated with 2 volumes of alcohol, and the DNA wound out from it.
  水相用两倍的乙醇沉淀就可以从中透出DNA。
• The out break of the war precipitated the collapse of our firm.
  战争的爆发加速了我们公司的倒闭。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。