柯林斯詞典steepen /?sti?p?n/ (steepening,steepened,steepens) 1. V-I If a slope or an angle steepens, it becomes steeper. 變得陡峭[文學(xué)性] The road steepened and then levelled out suddenly. 路變得陡峭，然後又突然變平坦了。 返回 steepen劍橋詞典[ 不及物動詞：後麪不接賓語的動詞 or 及物動詞：後麪接賓語的動詞 ] to become steeper , or to make something do this （使）變陡 The trail began to steepen near the top of the hill . 小路在接近山頂時開始變陡。 [ 不及物動詞：後麪不接賓語的動詞 ] If something such as a cost steepens, it increases . （費用等）增加 Our costs have steepened since we began this project . 自從開始了這個項目，我們的費用就增加了。 返回 steepen