precipitously

1. Should Tesla decide to raise prices to cover its costs, its volume will drop precipitously.
   如果Tesla决定通过提高售价来赚回成本，那么汽车的产量将急剧下降。
2. While$ 2,000 handbags and$ 700 stiletto heels are still expensive for most people, if prices drop precipitously, the perception of a label's value may also drop.
   尽管2000美元一只的手袋和700美元一双的细高跟鞋对大部分人而言非常昂贵，但如果价格大幅下降，人们对品牌价值的感觉也会大打折扣。
3. 'This is a severe recession and states'tax revenues have dropped off precipitously while their expenses have not,'said Bernard Baumohl of Economic Outlook Group LLC, a forecasting firm.
   预测公司EconomicOutlookGroupLLC的鲍莫尔（BernardBaumohl）说，这是一场严重的衰退，各州的税收锐减，而支出却没有减少。
4. Europe has witnessed bigger drops in the employment-to-population ratio, which fell precipitously in Germany and Italy in the 1970s and in France in the 1980s and 1990s. Were those declines also caused by wage misalignments?
   欧洲的就业人口比率曾出现更大幅度下滑，比如上世纪70年代在德国和意大利，八、九十年代在法国，就业率都出现了大幅下滑。这些下滑是否也是薪资不合理引起的？
5. Some stores simply raised prices weeks before Black Friday, only to lower them on the actual date in order to give consumers a sense that prices had dropped precipitously.
   一些商店干脆在黑色星期五前几周抬高售价，只是在节日当天降低价格，继而让消费者们感觉到是在大减价。
6. What is more, if stock prices fall precipitously and remain low, some companies may go after targets that suddenly seem affordable.
   此外，如果股价暴跌并保持在低水平，有些企业可能就会瞄准那些身价降下来，仿佛突然买得起了的目标。
7. Lack of opportunities at home could explain why the yen has dropped so precipitously, 20 per cent against the dollar since November.
   国内投资机会匮乏或许正是日元汇率大幅下挫的原因&去年11月以来，日元兑美元下跌了20%。
8. Overall computer performance falls off precipitously as the computer's RAM utilization close to100%.
   当计算机的RAM利用率接近100%时，计算机的整体性能就会突然急剧下降。
9. Our new study found, unfortunately, that regime shifts with potentially large consequences can happen without warning& systems can 'tip' precipitously.
   可惜，我们新的研究发现，可造成严重后果的生态状况突变可能会在没有预兆的情况发生&系统可能突然坍塌。
10. But because import demand, capital flows and the need for foreign workers declined precipitously in the West, almost all developing countries are suffering.
    但由于西方的进口需求、资金流动和外国员工的需求大幅度下降，几乎所有发展中国家都在受挫。
11. Though the absolute number of students signing up to take the examination is increasing, the rate of increase dropped precipitously this year compared with last year, according to data provided by the Ministry of Education.
    据教育部的有关数据显示，尽管今年的绝对报考人数仍有增加，但与去年相比，增幅有明显下降。
12. That was primarily motivated by a fear that mail would decline precipitously and they needed a new source of income.
    这样，首先就会产生一种邮件数量会大量减少的恐惧，进而，他们会需要一个新的利润增长点。
13. But sales volumes in important cities, including Shanghai, Beijing and Shenzhen, have fallen precipitously in recent months.
    但上海、北京和深圳等重要城市的售楼量近几个月来急剧下滑。
14. These funds are going to have the ability to buy any global company, to create panic in markets if they move too precipitously, even to dwarf the political clout of international financial institutions.
    这些基金将有能力收购任何一家全球性公司，如果它们过于轻率行事，可能会造成市场的恐慌，甚至可能削弱国际金融机构的政治影响力。
15. The mountains rose precipitously from the shore. In winter there is sludge on the sea near the shore.
    山脉靠近海岸的那一面很陡峭。冬天近岸的海面上有小块的浮冰。
16. Putin's work in East Germany was precipitously drawing to a close.
    普京在前东德的工作也突然宣告结束。
17. Should it refuse, as likely, Greece would be forced into an exit and it would have to close its external deficit precipitously.
    如果欧洲央行拒绝这么做（可能性很大），希腊就将被迫退出欧元区，并且将不得不仓促结束外部赤字。
18. Yes, the percentage of advertising revenue that drives profit has slipped precipitously and no one expects a return to the golden years.
    是的，广告收入的比例促进了利润急剧下降，没有人希望回到黄金时代。
19. He held his hand out in the air, plotting an imaginary line that dropped precipitously to his knees.
    他伸出一只手，在空中划出的假想曲线最低处快触及了他的膝盖。
20. Mr gross warns of yields on mortgage bonds rising precipitously if support is withdrawn but the European experience suggests that mortgages at reasonable rates are not merely an American exception.
    格罗斯警告称，一旦支持撤销，抵押贷款债券的收益率就会陡然上升，但欧洲的经验表明，利率合理的抵押贷款并不只是美国特有的现象。
21. Currencies have dropped against the dollar and the yen, some precipitously.
    外围国家货币兑美元和日元汇率下跌，一些币种跌幅陡峭。
22. Indeed, share prices have been falling as precipitously as they rose in a bull run that saw the index climb nearly 20 per cent between October 8 and November 11.
    事实上，股价的下跌与此轮牛市行情中的上涨同样急速。10月8日至11月11日之间，大盘上涨了近20%。
23. The complexity rises precipitously after that.
    之后复杂性会急剧上升。
24. Growth has fallen precipitously in recent months and the economy may even be contracting, yet inflation has declined only marginally.
    增长在最近几个月急剧下降，经济甚至可能被承包，但通货膨胀仅略有下降。
25. The mountain path descended precipitously to a small valley.
    这条山间小道急转直下通到一个小山谷。
26. Much of that came in Sand State markets such as Las Vegas Miami and Phoenix, where prices for all properties are have fallen precipitously.
    这些开发就像建筑在沙滩上一样，如拉斯维加斯，迈阿密和凤凰城，这些地区的所有物业价格都急剧下降。
27. Central bankers may then be forced to tighten [ monetary policy] precipitously, eventually driving consumers and firms to cut back on spending.
    到时候各国央行可能被迫陡然收紧（货币政策），最终促使消费者和企业缩减开支。
28. But there is also an alternative scenario in which construction activity continues to drop precipitously, resulting in more heavy job losses, weak house prices and an erosion of consumer confidence that would threaten recession.
    但还存在另一种可能出现的前景：建筑活动将继续急剧下滑，导致幅度更大的裁员、房价走弱，并侵蚀消费者信心，令美国经济面临衰退的风险。
29. The truly unpleasant surprise was that sales growth in Asia ( outside of Japan) dropped precipitously, from 36 per cent to 12 per cent.
    真正令人不愉快的意外是，亚洲地区（日本以外）的销售增长急剧下降，从36%下降到了12%。

adv

1. abruptly
   1. the mountains rose precipitously from the shore

2. very suddenly and to a great degree
   1. conditions that precipitously increase the birthrate
   2. prices rose sharply

   Synonym:    sharply