Acclivity



GRE 蓝宝 Barron

解释

GRE 红宝书

• n.向上的陡坡
• ［英］ n.向上的陡坡 ( an upward slope of ground)
• ［记］ ac+cliv ( 斜坡) +ity -> 向上的陡坡
• ［同］ 同根词: proclivity ( 倾向, 癖性) , declivity ( 下坡)
• ［例］ The car could not go up the acclivity in high gear.

Webster Collegiate

noun (plural -ties)

• Etymology: Latin acclivitas, from acclivis ascending, from ad- + clivus slope — more at declivity
• Date: 1614
• an ascending slope (as of a hill)

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