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precipitate

verb
🔊/prɪˈsɪpɪteɪt/
🔊/prɪˈsɪpɪteɪt/
(formal)
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they precipitate
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he / she / it precipitates
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past simple precipitated
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past participle precipitated
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-ing form precipitating
🔊/prɪˈsɪpɪteɪtɪŋ/
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  1. precipitate something to make something, especially something bad, happen suddenly or sooner than it should使…突然降临；加速（坏事的发生） synonym bring on, spark (1)
    • His resignation precipitated a leadership crisis.他的辞职立即引发了领导层的危机。🔊🔊
  2. precipitate somebody/something into something to suddenly force somebody/something into a particular state or condition使突然陷入（某种状态）
    • The assassination of the president precipitated the country into war.总统被暗杀使国家骤然陷入战争状态。🔊🔊
    3. Word Originearly 16th cent.: from Latin praecipitat- ‘thrown headlong’, from the verb praecipitare, from praeceps, praecip(it)- ‘headlong’, from prae ‘before’ + caput ‘head’. The original sense of the verb was ‘hurl down, send violently’; hence ‘cause to move rapidly’, which gave rise to the current verb and noun senses (early 17th cent.).

precipitate

adjective
🔊/prɪˈsɪpɪtət/
🔊/prɪˈsɪpɪtət/
(formal)
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  1. (of an action or a decision行动或决定) happening very quickly or suddenly and usually without enough care and thought鲁莽的；草率的；仓促的
    • the precipitate resignation of the director董事辞职
    • To force a decision now would be precipitate.现在要做出决定将是沉淀。
    Word Originearly 16th cent.: from Latin praecipitat- ‘thrown headlong’, from the verb praecipitare, from praeceps, praecip(it)- ‘headlong’, from prae ‘before’ + caput ‘head’. The original sense of the verb was ‘hurl down, send violently’; hence ‘cause to move rapidly’, which gave rise to the current verb and noun senses (early 17th cent.).

precipitate

noun
🔊/prɪˈsɪpɪteɪt/
🔊/prɪˈsɪpɪteɪt/
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  1. a solid substance that has been separated from a liquid in a chemical process沉淀物；析出物
    • A yellow precipitate should form immediately.黄色沉淀应立即形成。
    Topics Physics and chemistryc2
    Word Originearly 16th cent.: from Latin praecipitat- ‘thrown headlong’, from the verb praecipitare, from praeceps, praecip(it)- ‘headlong’, from prae ‘before’ + caput ‘head’. The original sense of the verb was ‘hurl down, send violently’; hence ‘cause to move rapidly’, which gave rise to the current verb and noun senses (early 17th cent.).