precipice

/'presipis/

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📖 中文释义

  1. n. 悬崖, 绝壁, 险境

🔗 释义中的汉语词

🧩 词形变化

复数 precipices

💬 双语例句

  1. The great economist Rudi Dornbusch used to say that a financial crisis usually starts much later than anyone expects, but then develops faster than anyone can imagine. Ukraine is on the financial precipice.

    时间短暂。 伟大的经济学家多恩布什曾经说过,金融危机发生通常要比人们预计的要晚很多,但是随后发展起来要比人们想像的要快很多。 乌克兰正处于金融危机的悬崖。

  2. In practice, however, governments often face complications that undermine effective implementation of these measures. If policymakers are not careful, two problems, in particular, can reinforce each other, potentially pushing the economy over the precipice.

🔗 常用搭配

financial precipiceprecipice criticsprotectionist precipice
📘 English Definition(英文释义)
  1. n. a very steep cliff