音标: 英 [sti:plɪ] 美 [ˈstɪplɪ]
1. This shaft's been descending rather steeply for over 200 metres.
竖穴很险峻 向下延伸了 超过两百米
2. Further east, the odds of a castaway making land drop steeply as the islands become fewer and even more isolated.
再往东去 漂流者登陆的机会越发渺茫 因为这里的岛屿更少 且更加孤绝荒僻
3. It is, in fact, a huge mountain hidden beneath the waves and rising steeply from the seafloor 2,400 metres below.
事实上 它是隐藏在海浪下的一座高山 从2400米的海底拔地而起