steep
音标：
英音/ stiːp / 美音/ stiːp /
听听基本释意：
外刊例句：
Preliminary investigations show the landslide resulted from a collapse in a steep cliff, state media reported.
据官方媒体报道，初步调查显示，山体滑坡是由陡峭悬崖崩塌造成的。
—BBC
The coalition’s proposed measure faces a steep climb in Missouri, where evangelical Christians make up a larger share of the population than they do in states like Ohio.
该联盟提出的措施在密苏里州面临着急剧上升的局面，那里的福音派基督徒在人口中所占的比例比俄亥俄州等州还要大。
—New York Times
Patients were warned last week that wait times at the hospital’s accident and emergency department were more than 12 hours, due to a “steep rise” in people attending.
患者上周接到警告，由于就诊人数“急剧增加”，医院急症室的等待时间超过 12 小时。
—BBC
基本释意：
adjective
having a sharp inclination
（路、山等）陡峭的；（价格，需求）难以接受的，过高的；（增加或减少）急剧的，大幅度的
同义词：
exorbitant,extortionate,extravagant,outrageous,unconscionable,usurious,infuse,absorb,engross,engulf,immerse,plunge,soak up
短释义：
You often hear steep used as an adjective to describe cliffs, hills, or even water park slides that have a perilous slope. Steep can apply to curves on a chart––you might say when someone who has a lot to learn that their learning curve is going to be steep. Steep also comes up to describe exorbitant changes in costs or spending. Everyone would love to travel more, but sometimes plane fare is too steep.
陡峭意味着尖锐的角度。当远足小径笔直通往山坡时，它们就会有一个陡峭的斜坡。陡峭也意味着“浸泡”，例如将茶包浸泡在沸水中。
长释义：
You often hear steep used as an adjective to describe cliffs, hills, or even water park slides that have a perilous slope. Steep can apply to curves on a chart––you might say when someone who has a lot to learn that their learning curve is going to be steep. Steep also comes up to describe exorbitant changes in costs or spending. Everyone would love to travel more, but sometimes plane fare is too steep.
您经常听到“陡峭”用作形容词来描述悬崖、山丘，甚至是具有危险斜坡的水上公园滑梯。陡峭可以应用于图表上的曲线——当一个有很多东西需要学习的人时，你可能会说他们的学习曲线将会很陡峭。陡峭也用来描述成本或支出的过度变化。每个人都想多旅行，但有时飞机票价太贵。
文学例句：
The dogs had two whole floors, connected by a steep staircase that Fred couldn’t wait to race up and down.
这些狗有整整两层楼，由一个陡峭的楼梯连接起来，弗雷德迫不及待地想在楼梯上跑上跑下。
—Dog Squad by Chris Grabenstein
It’s a steep, short set of steps leading to a balcony with a wooden guardrail, which overlooks the ocean and Tatoosh Island.
这是一段陡峭而短的台阶，通向一个带有木制护栏的阳台，从阳台上可以俯瞰大海和塔图什岛。
—The Sea in Winter by Christine Day
It tingles as it flows through me, filling me like steeped honeybush tea poured into black porcelain.
它流经我时感到刺痛，就像将浸泡过的蜜树茶倒入黑瓷器中一样充满了我。
—Beasts of Prey by Ayana Gray
词源：
steep (adj.)”precipitous, sheer, having a sharp slope,” of cliffs, mountains, etc., Middle English stēpe, from Old English steap “high, lofty” (senses now obsolete), also “deep; prominent, projecting,” from Proto-Germanic *staupa- (source also of Old Frisian stap “high, lofty,” Middle High German *stouf).
This is held to be from PIE *steup-, an extended form of the root *(s)teu- (1) “to push, stick, knock, beat,” with derivations referring to projecting objects (source also of Greek typtein “to strike,” typos “a blow, mold, die;” Sanskrit tup- “harm,” tundate “pushes, stabs;” Gothic stautan “push;” Old Norse stuttr “short”). But Boutkan is dubious of the wider grouping.
The sense of “precipitous” probably was in Old English. In Middle English also of strong men, loud voices, large bright eyes, and old age. The slang sense of “at a high price” is a U.S. coinage attested by 1856. Related: Steeply. The noun meaning “a steep place, a declivity” is from 1550s.Related entries & more
下面是词源的翻译（机器翻译比较难翻，参考着看）
陡峭的（形容词）“陡峭的，陡峭的，有陡峭的斜坡”，指悬崖，山脉等，中古英语 stēpe，源自古英语 steap “高，高”（现在的含义已过时），也“深；突出，突出” ，”源自原始日耳曼语 *staupa- （也源自古弗里斯兰语 stap “高，高”，中古高地德语 *stouf）。这被认为来自 PIE *steup-，词根 *(s)teu- (1)“推、粘、敲、敲”的扩展形式，派生词指的是投影物体（也源自希腊语 typetein“打击，”拼写错误“打击，模具，死亡；”梵文tup-“伤害”，tundate“推，刺”；哥特语stautan“推”；古挪威语stuttr“短”）。但布特坎对更广泛的分组持怀疑态度。 “陡峭”的意思可能是古英语。在中古英语中，也指强壮的男人、大声的声音、明亮的大眼睛和老年。俚语中“高价”的意思是美国造词，1856 年得到证实。相关：Steeply。这个名词的意思是“陡峭的地方、斜坡”，出现于 1550 年代。相关条目及更多
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