precipice

英 [ˈpresəpɪs]

美 [ˈpresəpɪs]

n.  悬崖; 绝壁

复数：precipices　

IELTSGRE

BNC.19602 / COCA.18876

牛津词典

noun

• 悬崖；绝壁
  a very steep side of a high cliff , mountain or rock
  1. The country was now on the edge of a precipice (= very close to disaster) .
     这个国家现在情势岌岌可危。

柯林斯词典

• 悬崖；峭壁
  Aprecipiceis a very steep cliff on a mountain.
• N-COUNT 险境；危局；绝境
  If you say that someone is on the edge of aprecipice, you mean that they are in a dangerous situation in which they are extremely close to disaster or failure.
  1. I was beginning to admit to myself that our marriage was rolling toward the edge of a precipice...
     我内心开始承认我们的婚姻正走向危险的边缘。
  2. The King now stands on the brink of a political precipice.
     国王现在处于政治上岌岌可危的境地。

英英释义

noun

• a very steep cliff

双语例句

• We stood at the edge of the precipice and looked down at the valley below.
  我们站在悬崖边，俯视下面的峡谷。
• But we are standing on the edge of a precipice.
  但我们正站在悬崖的边缘。
• The King now stands on the brink of a political precipice.
  国王现在处于政治上岌岌可危的境地。
• They were perilously close to the edge of the precipice.
  他们离悬崖边很近，十分危险。
• I feel I'm flying headlong over a precipice.
  我感到像翱翔于悬崖峭壁之上。
• The criminals should stop on the precipice, retract from the wrong path and not go any further.
  犯罪分子应当迷途知返，悬崖勒马，不要在错误的道路上继续走下去。
• Krishnamurti: Then you leave it, as you leave the precipice: step away from it.
  克：那你就离开它，就像离开那个悬崖：远离它。
• Black Dragon's gorge is charactrictic for its folded waterfall, dense vegetation and its precipice.
  苍龙峡是一处瀑布相叠、植被茂密、以险著称的深山峡谷。
• Rock dike inserted into quartz sandstone and was then weathered and denuded to form a precipice.
  石英砂岩受岩脉穿插，岩脉被风化剥蚀后形成绝壁。
• A precipice on the left and a deep gully on the right& a real danger spot.
  左边是悬崖，右边是深沟，真是处绝地。