vt.促成；使 ... 沉淀；猛摔
n.沉淀物；冷凝物
adj.仓促的；迅猛的；感情用事的
All this will precipitate an economic crisis. 所有这些会促成经济危机。
It would only serve to precipitate his ruin. 它只会加速他的毁灭。
Iron and aluminum compounds precipitate as a voluminous sludge. 铁和铝的化合物成为一种体积庞大的蓬松的游渣沉淀下来。
The cart overturned and precipitated us to the ditch. 车子翻了，我们被摔进了沟里。
用作名词 (n.)A yellow precipitate should form immediately. 很快会形成一种黄色沉淀物。
The properties of precipitate is determined by these processes. 沉淀物的性质由这些过程所决定。
用作形容词 (adj.)They made a precipitate decision. 他们作了一个轻率的决定。
The king was too precipitate in declaring war. 国王在宣战一事上过于轻率。
They acted with precipitate haste. 他们鲁莽仓促地采取了行动。
A cool breeze caused a precipitate drop in the temperature. 冷风使温度急降。
precipitate的基本意思是“(使)突然发生; 使突然陷入”,指缺乏应有的考虑和准备而仓促决定或采取行动。引申可作“沉淀,析出”“冷凝”解。
precipitate可用作及物动词,也可用作不及物动词。用作及物动词时接名词或代词作宾语。
precipitate接介词into表示“突然使某人〔物〕进入某种状态”。
下列两句的意思相同: 云在冬天会凝结成雪。The clouds precipitate as snow in winter.The clouds are precipitated as snow in winter.两句中的as都不可以省去。
