slope

英 [sləʊp]

美 [sloʊp]

n.  斜坡; 坡地; 山坡; 斜度; 坡度
v.  倾斜; 有坡度; 悄悄地走; 潜行; 溜

复数：slopes　过去式：sloped　现在分词：sloping　第三人称单数：slopes　过去分词：sloped　

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Oxford 3000 / Collins.2 / BNC.3119 / COCA.3434

同义词辨析

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习惯用语

n.

the/a slippery slope
• 使人滑向深渊的斜坡；危险的境地
  a course of action that is difficult to stop once it has begun, and can lead to serious problems or disaster

牛津词典

noun

• 斜坡；坡地
  a surface or piece of land that slopes (= is higher at one end than the other)
  1. a grassy slope
     长满草的斜坡
  2. The town is built on a slope .
     这座城建在斜坡上。
• 山坡
  an area of land that is part of a mountain or hill
  1. the eastern slopes of the Andes
     安第斯山脉东坡
  2. ski slopes
     滑雪斜坡
  3. He spends all winter on the slopes (= skiing ) .
     整个冬天他都在山坡上滑雪。
• 斜度；坡度
  the amount by which sth slopes
  1. a gentle/steep slope
     缓坡；陡坡
  2. a slope of 45 degrees
     45度的坡度
  3. the angle of slope
     倾角

verb

• 倾斜；有坡度
  to be at an angle so that it is higher at one end than the other
  1. The garden slopes away towards the river.
     花园向河边倾斜下去。
  2. sloping shoulders
     斜肩
• 倾斜
  to be at an angle rather than being straight or vertical
  1. His handwriting slopes backwards.
     他写的字向右斜。
  2. It was a very old house with sloping walls.
     这房子已经很旧，墙都歪了。
• 悄悄地走；潜行；溜
  to go somewhere quietly, especially in order to avoid sth/sb
  1. They got bored waiting for him and sloped off .
     他们等他等得不耐烦，就悄悄走了。

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 山坡
  Aslopeis the side of a mountain, hill, or valley.
  1. Saint-Christo is perched on a mountain slope.
     圣克里斯托教堂坐落在一个山坡上。
  2. ...the lower slopes of the Himalayas.
     喜马拉雅山脉较低处的山坡
• N-COUNT 斜坡
  Aslopeis a surface that is at an angle, so that one end is higher than the other.
  1. The street must have been on a slope.
     这条街一定是建在一个斜坡上。
• VERB (表面)倾斜
  If a surfaceslopes, it is at an angle, so that one end is higher than the other.
  1. The bank sloped down sharply to the river...
     河岸到河面的斜坡非常陡。
  2. The garden sloped quite steeply.
     花园的斜坡颇为陡峭。
• VERB 歪向一边;倾斜
  If somethingslopes, it leans to the right or to the left rather than being upright.
  1. The writing sloped backwards...
     笔迹朝右倾斜。
  2. He wonders why the digits on his calculator slope to the right.
     他不明白为什么他的计算器上面的数字向右倾斜。
• N-COUNT 斜度;坡度
  Theslopeof something is the angle at which it slopes.
  1. The slope increases as you go up the curve.
     上了弯道以后，路越来越陡。
  2. ...a slope of ten degrees.
     一段坡度为 10° 的斜坡
• VERB 潜入/潜出
  If someoneslopes intoorout ofa place, they enter or leave it quickly and quietly, especially because they are trying to avoid or escape something.
  1. She sloped off quietly on Saturday afternoon...
     星期六下午，她脚底抹油，溜之大吉。
  2. They sloped into their hotel at 6am.
     凌晨 6 点，他们悄悄地潜入他们下榻的饭店。
• See also:ski slope
• slippery slope→ see:slippery

英英释义

noun

• the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the horizontal
  1. a five-degree gradient
  Synonym:gradient
• an elevated geological formation
  1. he climbed the steep slope
  2. the house was built on the side of a mountain
  Synonym:inclineside

verb

• be at an angle
  1. The terrain sloped down
  Synonym:inclinepitch

双语例句

• The wall is beginning to slope backwards.
  这堵墙往后坐了。
• He scrambled sideways down the scree slope.
  他沿着碎石坡的一侧爬了下来。
• The company started down the slippery slope of believing that they knew better than the customer.
  该公司认为他们比顾客更了解情况，而有这种想法注定是要失败的。
• Slope the ladder a bit.
  把梯子放坡点。
• The garden sloped quite steeply.
  花园的斜坡颇为陡峭。
• The skiers sped down the slope.
  滑雪运动员飞快地向下滑去。
• We raced across a large field that skirted the slope of a hill.
  我们从山坡下的一大片田地里飞奔而过。
• The vast volcanic slope was eerily reminiscent of a lunar landscape.
  开阔的火山坡让人心生怪异地联想起月球的地貌。
• The slope is steep and the path narrow.
  坡陡路狭。
• The slope is too steep for us to climb.
  这斜坡太陡了，我们爬不上去。