Acclivity

(n.) A slope or inclination of the earth, as the side of a hill, considered as ascending, in opposition to declivity, or descending; an upward slope; ascent.

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• Rainbarrow had again become blended with night when Wildeve ascended the long acclivity at its base. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• Without the town, on the acclivity of Hymettus, there is a rocky recess which he pointed out to me as the spot where he would wish to repose. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• To ascend the vast acclivity of the mountain presented a work of such danger and fatigue that I hesitated. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
• Here and there, towers were perched high up on acclivities which seemed almost inaccessible. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• It embraced hillocks, pits, ridges, acclivities, one behind the other, till all was finished by a high hill cutting against the still light sky. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.

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