| 单词 | precipitate |
| 释义 | precipitate (once / 506 pages) 1vadj 2vn Precipitate usually means "bringing something on" or "making it happen" — and not always in a good way. An unpopular verdict might "precipitate violence" or one false step at the Grand Canyon could precipitate you down into the gorge. Precipitate, as a verb, can also mean specifically, "to fall from clouds," such as rain, snow, or other forms of precipitation. When used as an adjective, precipitate means "hasty" or "acting suddenly." If you decide to throw your class project in a trash masher just because someone in your class had a similar idea, then your actions might be described as precipitate. Or if you do that sort of thing regularly, you may be a precipitate person. WORD FAMILYprecipitate: precipitated, precipitately, precipitateness, precipitates, precipitating, precipitation, precipitator+/precipitation: precipitations/precipitator: precipitators USAGE EXAMPLESThatcher’s departure was partially precipitated by popular resentment over the poll tax, which she championed. The Guardian(Dec 29, 2016) That is what precipitated this fight over Obama’s decision not to block a U.N. resolution last week criticizing Israeli settlements in the West Bank. Seattle Times(Dec 29, 2016) The coup fueled separatist sentiments in the republics and weakened the Kremlin’s power, precipitating the Soviet breakup. Seattle Times(Dec 26, 2016) 1 1v bring about abruptly The crisis precipitated by Russia's revolution Hyper effect, effectuate, set up produce 2v hurl or throw violently The bridge broke and precipitated the train into the river below Hyper cast, hurl, hurtle throw forcefully 3v fall vertically, sharply, or headlong Our economy precipitated into complete ruin Hyper come down, descend, fall, go down move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way 4adj done with very great haste and without due deliberation 2wondered whether they had been rather precipitate in deposing the king Syn hasty, overhasty, precipitant, precipitous hurried moving rapidly or performed quickly or in great haste 1v fall from clouds Vesuvius precipitated its fiery, destructive rage on Herculaneum Syn|Hypo come down, fall fall descend in free fall under the influence of gravity rain, rain down precipitate as rain spatcome down like raindrops snowfall as snow hailprecipitate as small ice particles sleetprecipitate as a mixture of rain and snow drizzle, mizzlerain lightly shower, shower downrain abundantly patter, pitter-patter, spatter, spit, sprinklerain gently pelt, pour, rain buckets, rain cats and dogs, streamrain heavily 2v separate as a fine suspension of solid particles Hyper change state, turn undergo a transformation or a change of position or action 3n a precipitated solid substance in suspension or after settling or filtering Hypo|Hyper sludge the precipitate produced by sewage treatment solid matter that is solid at room temperature and pressure |
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