| 释义 |
precipitately, adv.|prɪˈsɪpɪtətlɪ|
[f. precipitate a. + -ly2.]
In a precipitate manner.
1. With headlong fall or descent; headlong.
1632Lithgow Trav. ix. 392 An outragious Torrent; which precipitately deualleth. 1762tr. Busching's Syst. Geog. I. 236 By means of this..they secure themselves from falling precipitately upon the rocks when they dive to the bottom of the sea. 1852Mrs. Stowe Uncle Tom's C. xvii, Marks, heading the retreat down the rocks.., while all the party came tumbling precipitately after him.
†b. Steeply, precipitously. Obs.
1823F. Clissold Ascent Mt. Blanc 19 From the heights of the mountain, which precipitately rise above this Plateau, immense avalanches often descend.
2. With headlong speed; with a sudden rush; in great haste.
1728Morgan Algiers II. v. 300 The Emperor himself was forced, precipitately, to come down from the Mountain. 1778F. Burney Evelina (1791) I. xliii. 219 Rushing precipitately into the room. 1877Clery Min. Tact. xiv. (ed. 3) 186 If the rearguard be attacked precipitately by the first troops that arrive.
3. With hurried action, hurriedly, hastily; suddenly, abruptly; with unwise haste, rashly, inconsiderately.
1647Clarendon Hist. Reb. i. §51 A new War was as precipitately declared against France. 1676G. Towerson Decalogue 517 A man may determine his will precipitately as well as considerately. 1766Goldsm. Vic. W. xviii, That state of mind in which we all are more ready to act precipitately than to reason right. 1873Mrs. H. Wood Mast. Greylands ii, The..governess had lately given warning precipitately and left. |