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1. 倾斜；有坡度

• The field slopes to the west. 田地向西倾斜。

• The land slopes to the river. 地势向河边倾斜。

2. 走动；溜走

• slope into the bank 潜入银行

词组slope off 英非正式 溜掉以逃避工作等

• Most students had sloped off before the class was over. 下课之前，大部分学生已经溜走。

• He's always sloping off when it's time to do housework. 一到做家务的时候，他就溜掉。