参考例句

1. Both the upper and lower sandstone units of the precipice are oil-bearing.

   普雷西皮斯的上部和下部砂岩单元都含油。

2. In the morning sunshine a precipice shone forth beyond the gulf.

   晨曦中，一座悬崖在深渊的对岸闪耀着光辉。

3. be [stand] on the edge [brink] of a precipice

   濒临危机

4. Watching him climb up the precipice , everybody was breathless with anxiety.

   看着他往悬崖上爬, 大家都捏一把汗。

5. The path verges on the edge of a precipice .

   这条小径濒临断崖的边缘。

6. Britain was speeding towards an economic precipice .

   英国正快速走向一场经济灾难。

7. I stood on the edge of a precipice .

   我的处境是汲汲可危的。

8. The criminals should stop on the precipice , retract from the wrong path and not go any further.

   犯罪分子应当迷途知返，悬崖勒马，不要在错误的道路上继续走下去。

9. Time seemed to him to be crawling with feet of lead, while he by monstrous winds was being swept towards the jagged edge of some black cleft of precipice .

   他觉得时间在沉重地向前爬行，而他自己却在被一阵妖风刮向某一黑色断崖的锯齿形边缘上。

10. He nearly fell off the precipice .

    他差一点从悬崖上掉下去。

同义词

• bluff
• cliff
• palisade
• slope