English Dictionary

precipitate

/pɹɪˈsɪpɪtət/

adj

headlong; falling steeply or vertically. / Very steep; precipitous. / With a hasty impulse; hurried; headstrong. / Moving with excessive speed or haste; overly hasty.

He made a precipitate decision without thinking it through.

意味（1）

headlong; falling steeply or vertically.

When the full stores their ancient bounds disdain, / Precipitate the furious torrent flows.

意味（2）

Very steep; precipitous.

意味（3）

With a hasty impulse; hurried; headstrong.

Though thoughtful far beyond your years, you are very inexperienced; and I would not have a preference that may originate in your little knowledge of others, or a romantic exaggeration of slight kindnesses, lead you into a precipitate union with me, unless you most seriously examine your own heart, and weigh the various consequences.

意味（4）

Moving with excessive speed or haste; overly hasty.

The king was too precipitate in declaring war.

意味（5）

Performed very rapidly or abruptly.

It had cost me a distinct psychological effort to do so, and now that I was shut inside I had a momentary longing for precipitate retreat.