steeper

1.soon the ascent grew steeper and he began to tire.

不久坡度越来越陡，他得累了。

2.Also fueling the decline was a steeper fourth-quarter loss projection by David Trone, an analyst at Fox-Pitt, Kelton.

Kelton分析师大卫·特罗恩(DavidTrone)对花旗第四季度亏损将加大预期也推动了股票下跌。