名詞 precipice:

1. a very steep cliff

1. Do not seat your love upon a precipice because it is high.
   不要因為峭壁是高的，便讓你的愛情坐在峭壁上。
2. In 1939 everyone felt Europe was on the edge of the precipice.
   在1939年，當時人人都感到歐洲處于極度危險的境地。

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：一危險或災(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