precipice

名词悬崖，峭壁

名词

1. 悬崖：悬雪 snow cornice | 悬崖 precipice | 悬崖冰川 cliff glacier

2. 断崖：preciously 昂贵地 | precipice 断崖 | precipitable 可沉淀的

3. 峭壁：precinct 区域,范围 | precipice 峭壁 | precipitation 降落,仓促

4. 崖：preciousvaluableness 贵重 | precipice 崖 | precipiceescarpmentrimrockscarp 悬崖

1. precipice的反义词

1. 悬崖；峭壁
    A precipice is a very steep cliff on a mountain.

2. 险境；危局；绝境
    If you say that someone is on the edge of a precipice, you mean that they are in a dangerous situation in which they are extremely close to disaster or failure.

    e.g. 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。
    e.g. 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。

1. Gbagbo refused to accept defeat in last year's election and took his country to the precipice of civil war in his bid to preserve power.

2. He immediately scuttled back up the precipice and dove in three more times.

3. The equine got such a jolt from the precipice " it was scared dead ", the story goes.

4. Wang likes to play with words, and he has a knack for pushing the envelope without falling over the precipice.

5. In the past year, we have seen how unchecked market forces have brought capitalism to the precipice.

6. It is not just Europe, but the entire world that stands at a precipice.

7. With a concrete wall on one side and a precipice on the other, there was nowhere to escape and they were crushed.

8. precipice

8. The precipice of the fourth peak is so high that nobody has ever climbed it.

9. Many private colleges are at the precipice of closing down because of financial problems.

10. But right now, the global economy is teetering on the precipice of disaster.

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