Declivity

(n.) Deviation from a horizontal line; gradual descent of surface; inclination downward; slope; -- opposed to acclivity, or ascent; the same slope, considered as descending, being a declivity, which, considered as ascending, is an acclivity.

(n.) A descending surface; a sloping place.

整理:莱斯利

• The declivity was so small, that I walked near a mile before I got to the shore, which I conjectured was about eight o'clock in the evening. 乔纳森·斯威夫特. 格列佛游记.
• On what forbidden grounds do they intrude, down what dread declivities are they hurled! 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.

手打:胡里奥