steeper

英 [ˈstiːpə]

美 [ˈstipər]

adj.  陡的; 陡峭的; 突然的; 急剧的; 大起大落的; 过高的; 过分的; 不合理的
steep的比较级

化学

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 陡的;陡峭的;陡直的
  Asteepslope 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
• ADJ-GRADED (增加或减少)急剧的，大幅度的
  Asteepincrease 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。
• ADJ-GRADED (价格)过高的，昂贵的
  If you say that the price of something issteep, 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。
• VERB 浸泡(食物)
  Tosteepfoodina 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

英英释义

noun

• a vessel (usually a pot or vat) used for steeping

双语例句

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• The year-end contraction in credit was even steeper.
  去年年底的信贷萎缩甚至更为急剧。