1·I managed to pull myself up onto a wet, sloping ledge.
我设法爬上了一个潮湿的倾斜岩脊。
—— 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
2·Data has since revealed that all mass strandings around Australia occur on gently sloping sandy beaches, some with inclines of less than 0.5%.
此后的数据显示，澳大利亚周围所有的大规模搁浅都发生在平缓倾斜的沙质海滩上，有些海滩的倾斜度小于0.5%。
3·Offshore drilling platforms extend the search for oil to the ocean's continental shelves—those gently sloping submarine regions at the edges of the continents.
海底钻井平台将寻找石油的区域延伸到了海洋大陆架——大陆边缘那些平缓倾斜的海底区域。
4·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，如果此处地面确实是倾斜的，这则意味着风(贴近地面吹向叶面)从一种角度吹向发电机叶片，而非正面对吹。
5·As for Onions, I noticed on my last trip to India around Christmas that the demand curve was, indeed, downward sloping.
至于葱，在上次圣诞节前后我去印度时，发现需求曲线实际上是向下倾斜的。