steep incline

基本解释

Treadmill Mistake #7: Running the Entire Workout on a Steep Incline
错误#7：用陡峭的坡度跑完全程
Never an especially intrepid downhiller, I now ride the brakes on a steep incline like a grandfather.
我再也不是那个喜欢快速冲下坡的傻大胆了，我现在像个老爷爷一样在途经陡坡的时候会一边骑一边刹车。
Some runners assume they're getting a great workout if they challenge themselves by running their entire run on a steep incline.
一些跑步者认为如果他们用陡峭的坡度跑完全程挑战自己，他们会得到很好的锻炼。

When he tested the powder on mice they no longer ran up a steep incline to get a reward, nor tumbled down it in a stupor, but ran around, happy and alert, at the bottom, as if the rat-race did not exist.
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During the three-hour climb up rocky switchbacks to the pass, we stomp through several steep spots blanketed in knee-deep snow and ice. (You really feel those 30 pounds shifting around on your back as you try to maintain your balance.) We're forced to detour around one switchback and shimmy up a slick, steep incline of green brush, holding on to plants for leverage--and praying for solid foot positions.
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