She drove up a steep grade and then began the long descent into the desert.

她驾车爬上一个陡坡，然后开始长长的下坡进入沙漠。

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As cars passed him on the right, Gonzales shifted to a lower gear to make it up the steep grade ahead.

当轿车从他的右边开过，Gonzales将档位调低来爬上前头的斜坡。

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The train snailed up the steep grade.

火车蜗牛一般地慢慢爬上陡坡。

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From my rocking chair, the back lawn extended far down a steep grade ending at a trout pond and smelled new-mown.

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However, it is important that investors do take serious note of how steep the decline in ore grade has been.

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The slopes are craggy, storm-blasted and steep, and food is pretty much limited to potatoes and whatever animals you can chase up a 50-grade incline without falling down the adjacent precipice.

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