sloping

基本解釋

They lived on a sloping street where the houses press against one another, side by side, like children in a line holding hands.
他們住的街道在一個斜坡上，那兒的房子肩并肩一座緊挨一座，像是一橫排拉著手的小孩子。
But if that ground is, indeed, sloping, it means that the wind (which tends to follow the ground when it is close to the surface) hits the blades of the turbines at an angle instead of face on.
但是，如果此處地面確實是傾斜的，這則意味著風(fēng)（貼近地面吹向葉面）從一種角度吹向發(fā)電機葉片，而非正面對吹。
An upward-sloping yield curve, in which long-term interest rates are above short-term rates, is normal.
一般情況下，收益率曲線是向上傾斜的，并且長期收益率處于短期收益率上方。

So, according to the expectations theory augmented with liquidity preference-- This strongly upward-sloping term structure in 2003 would reflect two things.
所以,根據(jù)結(jié)合了流動性偏好的,預(yù)期理論,2003年期限結(jié)構(gòu)中表現(xiàn)出的,強烈上揚趨勢反映了兩方面的因素
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Then the--so the term structure was downward-sloping until about two and a half years and then it was upward sloping.
期限結(jié)構(gòu)線先向下傾斜,在到期期限過了兩年半的時點后,才緩慢回升
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That was way fewer responses than I wanted. Let's try again; what's the name of this downward sloping line that I've just drawn?
沒幾個人回答啊,我再問一遍,這條向下傾斜的曲線叫什么
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There's the same aluminum edging around the 4.3-inch screen and the same sloping chin.
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A slope is the side of a mountain, hill, or valley.
A slope is a surface that is at an angle, so that one end is higher than the other.
If a surface slopes, it is at an angle, so that one end is higher than the other.
sloping
If something slopes, it leans to the right or to the left rather than being upright.
The slope of something is the angle at which it slopes.
slippery slope&rarrsee slippery