The slope on either side was extremely steep and forbidding, and yet I thought that I could work my way down on either side.

两边的山坡极其陡峭，极其险峻，然而我觉得从哪边都可以爬下去。

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The region is extremely unusual geologically, Royden says, because of the very steep slopes at the boundary between the Sichuan Basin to the east and the Tobetan plateau to the west.

罗伊登说，这个地区在地质上极其不寻常，因为在东部的四川盆地和西部的托比坦高原之间的边界上有非常陡峭的斜坡。

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This section of the road is very steep, I am breathless to climb for a while, 75-degree oblique ladder, I feel extremely weak, has noticeably slowed down, gradually with the idea of retreat.

这一段路很陡，我气喘吁吁地爬上了一段有75度斜的阶梯，我觉得体力不支，速度明显放慢，渐渐地有了退却的念头。

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She said it would be unrealistic to expect agencies facing an "extremely steep learning curve", with little experience of construction on this scale, to get things 100% right first time.

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As long as China, alone, continues this steep growth trajectory, albeit aided by extremely loose monetary policies (i.e. the printing of money), the worldwide demand for commodities will remain strong.

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