a precipitated solid substance in suspension or after settling or filtering
Adjective:
done with very great haste and without due deliberation;
"hasty marriage seldom proveth well"
"hasty makeshifts take the place of planning"
"rejected what was regarded as an overhasty plan for reconversion"
"wondered whether they had been rather precipitate in deposing the king"
Verb:
bring about abruptly;
"The crisis precipitated by Russia's revolution"
separate as a fine suspension of solid particles
fall from clouds;
"rain, snow and sleet were falling"
"Vesuvius precipitated its fiery, destructive rage on Herculaneum"
fall vertically, sharply, or headlong;
"Our economy precipitated into complete ruin"
hurl or throw violently;
"The bridge broke and precipitated the train into the river below"
從…中冷凝; 從…淀析出 condense from sth; cause a substance to do this from sth
precipitate into (v.+prep.)
猛摔進…; 使突然進入,陷入… throw forwards or downwards with great force into sth; force (sb/sth) suddenly into (a state or activity, usually bad) precipitate sb/oneself/sth into sth
The cart overturned and precipitated us into the ditch.
車子翻了,我們被摔進了溝里。
The accident precipitated them into the depth of adversity.
意外事故使他們一下子陷入了苦海。
He precipitated himself into new troubles.
他突然陷入新的煩惱之中。
He precipitated himself into fight.
他奮力投入搏鬥。
The border incident precipitated the two countries into war.
邊境事件使兩國突然陷入戰爭。
The civil war precipitated the country into a crisis.
內戰使這個國家一下子陷入了危機。
She put up her hair and suddenly she was precipitated into maturity.
她把頭髮束起,一下子就變得像大人了。
The company was precipitated into ruin when the exchange rate dropped.
匯率下降時,公司一下子破了產。
precipitate to (v.+prep.)
使…突然…到 force (sb/sth) suddenly to sth precipitate sth to sth
He lost his footing and was precipitated to the ground.
