Maybe it was just too steep a learning curve for me.

也许是因为它的学习曲线对我来说太陡峭了吧。

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Visitors who are not experienced rock climbers can follow a steep man-made path that takes them to the top.

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Because there's not a lot of room between the canals, that's why they're so steep when you walk up these things.

由于运河之间的陆地空间狭小,这就解释了为何你上楼时会觉得很陡峭

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If we have a small engine, and we have to pull the car up a steep hill,a difficult hill, the engine is more likely to collapse,to blow up.

如果我们用的引擎很小，想把车开上一个陡峭崎岖的山坡，引擎很容易损毁，爆炸。

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That was as steep a drop as in busted Britain and far worse than in America.

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Late last year, Mr. Heuken climbed a steep hill at a new lakeside resort in Germany.

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