| 单词 | precipitant |
| 释义 | precipitant (once / 12416 pages) 1adj 2n A precipitant is a cause or reason for some event. So if you skip your Biology test on March 17th, your parents might deduce that your enjoyment of the St. Patrick's Day parade was a precipitant of your actions. See the pre in precipitant? Since pre means "before," you can remember that a precipitant always comes before something else. Precipitant can also mean "hasty" — a precipitant marriage is one where both parties marry too quickly. Not to be confused with percipient, meaning someone with unusual sensitivity and understanding of people and events. A percipient person would never skip his Biology test. WORD FAMILYprecipitant: precipitance, precipitancy, precipitanter, precipitantly, precipitants+/precipitance: precipitances/precipitancy: precipitancies USAGE EXAMPLESAmong the precipitants in the event was foster parent Karen Ryals, who said: “It’s the hardest job you’ll ever love.” Washington Times(May 24, 2016) Whatever the precipitant, however, there is a widespread belief that crying is cathartic. The Guardian(Apr 13, 2013) Then down at once, Precipitant, descends a mingled mass Of roaring winds, and flame, and rushing floods. Various, Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol...(2012) 1 adj done with very great haste and without due deliberation 2Syn hasty, overhasty, precipitate, precipitous hurried moving rapidly or performed quickly or in great haste n an agent that causes a precipitate to form Hypo|Hyper dimethylglyoxime a compound used in analysis as a precipitant for palladium or nickel agent a substance that exerts some force or effect |
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