precipice
英 ['presɪpɪs]
美 ['prɛsəpɪs]
助记提示
1. pre- "before, forth" + cipit- => precipit- => precipic- (进入法语后的音变变体) + -e => precipice.
2. 本义为：头向前、朝前倾斜。很显然这就是顶部朝前倾斜，顶部向前突出，这就很像悬崖的样子了，所以由此就引申为：悬崖，峭壁。又由此引申为被逼到悬崖边上的那种危险情况。
双语例句
- 1. The hut hung half over the edge of the precipice.
- 那间小屋有一半悬在峭壁边上.
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- 2. They were perilously close to the edge of the precipice.
- 他们离悬崖边很近,十分危险.
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- 3. A slight carelessness on this precipice could cost a man his life.
- 在这悬崖上稍一疏忽,就会使人丧生.
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- 4. Watching him climb up the precipice, everybody was breathless with anxiety.
- 看着他往悬崖上爬, 大家都捏一把汗.
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- 5. The climber fell down a precipice.
- 爬山者跌下了悬崖.
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