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

• 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。
• The crisis precipitated by russia's revolution.
  这场危机由俄罗斯革命促成。
• 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。
• The essence of pearl mixed with essence of men and a curious dark residue was precipitated.
  珍珠的价值与人的本质混淆在了一起，促成了一种奇怪的黑色残渣。
• After several hours the ampule contents were dissolved in DMF, precipitated into acetone and dried in vacuo.
  经过几个小时的安瓿内容被解散在DMF，沉淀成丙酮和干果在真空中。
• Falling sales precipitated the failure of the company.
  销售量的下降加速了该公司的垮台。
• Renewed contact with the West precipitated profound alteration of Japanese society.
  日本与西方复兴的接触关系促进了日本社会的深刻广泛的变革。
• That precipitated the current acute financial crisis.
  这个决定促成了眼下严重的金融危机。
• A small loosely aggregated mass of flocculent material suspended in or precipitated from a liquid.
  小而松散的丛毛状物质聚合成块，悬浮在液体中或从液体中沉淀出来。
• Protein in fermented broth was precipitated with ammonium sulfate and the active part was assayed by SDS-PAGE.
  同时用硫酸铵分级沉淀发酵液中的蛋白，SDS-PAGE法分析有活性的蛋白组分。