steeper

1. ADJ-GRADED 陡的;陡峭的;陡直的
   A steep slope rises at a very sharp angle and is difficult to go up.
   1. San Francisco is built on 40 hills and some are very steep.
      旧金山建在 40 座小山丘上，其中一些非常陡峭。
   2. ...a narrow, steep-sided valley.
      两旁山坡陡峭的狭窄山谷
2. ADJ-GRADED (增加或减少)急剧的，大幅度的
   A steep increase or decrease in something is a very big increase or decrease.
   1. Consumers are rebelling at steep price increases.
      消费者在抗议物价飞涨。
3. ADJ-GRADED (价格)过高的，昂贵的
   If you say that the price of something is steep, you mean that it is expensive.
   1. The annual premium can be a little steep, but will be well worth it if your dog is injured.
      每年要交的保险费可能有点高，但如果你的狗受了伤就会很值了。
4. VERB 浸泡(食物)
   To steep food in a liquid means to put the food in the liquid for some time so that the food gets flavour from the liquid.
   1. It's a drink made by steeping pineapple rind in water.
      这是用菠萝皮泡在水里做的饮料。
   2. ...green beans steeped in olive oil.
      在橄榄油里浸泡过的青豆

1. The road grew even steeper and more perilous.
   道路变得越来越陡峭，越来越凶险。
2. The mountain path becomes steeper and steeper as you go up.
   山路愈走愈陡。
3. A steeper yield curve should allow banks to earn a spread and encourage them to lend.
   收益率曲线变陡会让银行赚取息差，从而鼓励他们放贷。
4. Among technology companies, only Nokia's 28 percent decline was steeper.
   在科技公司中，仅有诺基亚比它表现更糟，下跌了28%。
5. From some given point, a Southward path may be steeper than an Eastward path.
   从给定的几点来看，向南的那条路径比向东那条更陡些。
6. Even after significantly steeper university fees were introduced in 2012, the market still grew.
   即使在2012大学学费显著提高以后，市场规模依旧扩大了。
7. But pulling down inflation has come at the cost of a steeper than expected drop in growth.
   通胀的确得到了抑制，但代价却是增长放缓幅度大于预期。
8. First, a steeper European downturn, as a result of the excessive austerity and the euro crisis.
   首先，由于实行过度紧缩政策和欧元危机，欧洲可能会陷入更为严重的低迷。
9. Such action of the antigen pad in the analytical system makes the slope of the dose – response curve steeper but the sensitivity decreases.
   抗原衬垫的这种作用在分析系统中使得剂量响应曲线更加陡峭，但也减少了灵敏度。
10. The year-end contraction in credit was even steeper.
    去年年底的信贷萎缩甚至更为急剧。
11. Such attacks go too far, because the stimulus prevented a steeper decline.
    这些抨击太过火了，因为刺激计划毕竟防止了经济进一步下滑。
12. The health benefits of walking increase exponentially the steeper the climb.
    攀登越是陡峭，那么行走的健康益处会成指数增加。
13. If you get one over R squared, it'll be a little steeper.
    如果你用1除以R的平方，它会变得稍微陡峭一些。
14. Many investors are waiting for steeper falls before they dip their toes in again.
    许多投资者都在等待市场进一步下跌，然后再试探性地进场。
15. The real dividing line between continents and oceans occurs at the foot a steeper slope.
    大陆和海洋的真正分界线是在陡破脚下。
16. Trees and shrubs may be the only thing holding earth on the steeper slopes.
    树和灌木可能是唯一能保持住陡坡上土壤的东西。
17. They trimmed their investment in alternative assets from 10 per cent to 9 per cent of their total holdings, though the fall might have been steeper but for the fact that some hedge funds froze withdrawals.
    他们将其总资产中10%的另类投资削减到了9%，但如果不是一些对冲基金冻结资金撤退，这一比例的下降可能会更大。
18. The real dividing-line between continents and oceans occurs at the foot of a steeper slope.
    大陆和海洋的真正分界线是在大陆架较陡峭坡度的脚下。
19.   is that it takes us into a recession, quicker and steeper than we would have expected.
    它把我们带入了一场衰退。我们陷入衰退的速度之快、程度之深，超出了我们的预想。
20. After a while, the road became narrower and steeper.
    过了一会儿，路变得又窄又陡。
21. The seafloor kept sinking, and its significantly steeper slope took us to greater depths.
    地面总是往下陷，斜度更是明显，把我们拉到最深的海底。
22. The longer America puts off this reckoning, the steeper the ultimate price of adjustment.
    美国越迟对此进行清算，调整的最终代价将会越大。
23. Thus any upcoming steeper fall would crimp economic growth.
    因此，任何即将到来的更剧烈出口下滑，将影响经济增长。
24. The growth of narrow money ( M1), meanwhile, fell by an even steeper 11.2 percentage points.
    狭义货币供应（M1）的增幅回落更大，为11.2个百分点。
25. Never has a bull market climbed a steeper wall of worry.
    牛市从未爬上更为陡峭的忧虑之墙。
26. Because of the bulging, the already steep north side of the volcano was becoming even steeper.
    由于发生了膨胀，原来已很陡的火山北坡更陡了。
27. Germany has so far helped the eurozone as a whole avoid a steeper downturn.
    德国迄今已帮助整个欧元区避免陷入更大幅度的下滑。
28. ( of a roof) having two slopes on all sides with the lower slope steeper than the upper.
    （指屋顶）每一边都有两个斜坡，其中矮的比高的更陡峭。
29. But the Financial Times found a much steeper increase at eight banks it surveyed this week.
    但英国《金融时报》本周对8家银行进行的调查显示，收益率升幅要陡峭得多。

noun

1. a vessel (usually a pot or vat) used for steeping