名詞 precipice:

1. a very steep cliff

1. Do not seat your love upon a precipice because it is high.
   不要因?yàn)榍捅谑歉叩?，便讓你的愛情坐在峭壁上?/div>
2. In 1939 everyone felt Europe was on the edge of the precipice.
   在1939年，當(dāng)時(shí)人人都感到歐洲處于極度危險(xiǎn)的境地。

prec.i.pice

n.（名詞）
An overhanging or extremely steep mass of rock, such as a crag or the face of a cliff.
懸崖：懸崖或極其陡峭的巖石，如巖崖或懸崖壁
The brink of a dangerous or disastrous situation:
瀕危點(diǎn)：一危險(xiǎn)或?yàn)?zāi)難性情況的邊緣：
例句：
on the precipice of defeat.
處于失敗的邊緣

來源：
French précipice
法語 précipice
from Latin praecipitium
源自 拉丁語 praecipitium
from praeceps praecipit- [headlong] * see precipitate
源自 praeceps praecipit- [頭向前地（的）] *參見 precipitate