precipitating
present participle ofprecipitate
| 单词 | precipitating |
| 释义 | precipitating present participle ofprecipitate precipitate verb uk/prɪˈsɪp.ɪ.teɪt/us/prɪˈsɪp.ə.teɪt/precipitateverb(MAKE HAPPEN)[T]formal to make somethinghappensuddenlyorsoonerthanexpected: Aninvasionwouldcertainlyprecipitate apoliticalcrisis. Fear oflosingherjobprecipitated(=suddenlyforced)herintoaction. Causing things to happen
precipitateverb(THROW)[Tusually+ adv/prep]formal tothrowsomeone or something from aheightwithgreatforce Throwing
precipitateverb(CHEMISTRY)[IorT]chemistryspecialized If aliquidprecipitates,substancesin itbecomesolidandseparatefrom theliquid: Cooling thebeakerhelpsprecipitate thecompound. If anyorganicsaltisformed, it will precipitate(out)immediately. Physical & chemical processes
Examplesofprecipitatingprecipitating In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. Existing explanations of domestic structural change focus on the role crises play inprecipitatingradical or episodic change. From theCambridge English Corpus Precipitatingfactors for delirium in hospitalized elderly persons. From theCambridge English Corpus Predisposing andprecipitatingfactors for delirium in hospitalized older patients. From theCambridge English Corpus It is based on a model that distinguishes betweenprecipitatingand perpetuating factors, with the perpetuating factors becoming the focus of the intervention. From theCambridge English Corpus Noprecipitatingantibodies were detected in either sheep or rabbits. From theCambridge English Corpus Some recent works dispute the key role of communal cotton inprecipitatingthe uprising. From theCambridge English Corpus The aetiology of post-traumatic morbidity : predisposing,precipitatingand perpetuating factor. From theCambridge English Corpus They warn that youth employment is par t of a syndrome of "precocious development,"precipitatinga hastened transition to adulthood. From theCambridge English Corpus Evaluation of proanthocyanidins, protein binding assays and proteinprecipitatingpotential. From theCambridge English Corpus The most importantprecipitatingfactor was bereavement of a close figure within the six months prior to interview. From theCambridge English Corpus Previous modelling work on bubble desorption during solidification was developed in analogy to the models for theseprecipitatingsystems. From theCambridge English Corpus The impact of technologic change on social relations can vary greatly from one group to another,precipitatingdifferent degrees of social change. From theCambridge English Corpus Our general conclusion has to be that the edge ofprecipitatingstructures should be a fertile ground for short-scale high-latitude instabilities. From theCambridge English Corpus Such questions can be answered simply by coding theprecipitatingevent as a time-varying predictor. From theCambridge English Corpus The stearic acid was incorporated into the sulphate mineral in the laboratory byprecipitatingmagnesium sulphate from a solution that contained stearic acid. From theCambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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