slope /sləʊp/ CET4 TEM4 ( sloping, sloped, slopes )

• 1. 

  N-COUNT A slope is the side of a mountain, hill, or valley. (山丘或山谷的) 斜坡

  例：

  Saint-Christo is perched on a mountain slope.

  圣克里斯托坐落在山坡上。

• 2. 

  N-COUNT A slope is a surface that is at an angle, so that one end is higher than the other. 斜面

  例：

  The street must have been on a slope.

  那条街一定是一直在一个斜坡上。

• 3. 

  V-I If a surface slopes, it is at an angle, so that one end is higher than the other. 倾斜

  例：

  The bank sloped down sharply to the river.

  那座堤岸陡峭地朝着那条河倾斜下去。

• 4. 

  sloping ADJ 倾斜的

  例：

  ...a brick building, with a sloping roof.

  …一幢斜顶的砖建筑。

• 5. 

  V-I If something slopes, it leans to the right or to the left rather than being upright. 歪斜

  例：

  The writing sloped backwards.

  那字迹向后斜了。

• 6. 

  N-COUNT The slope of something is the angle at which it slopes. 斜度; 坡度

  例：

  The slope increases as you go up the curve.

  你顺着那条弯路往上走，坡度越来越大。

• 7. 

  slippery slope →see slippery