uphill
- 英式英标[,ʌp\'hɪl]
- 美式音标[ʌp\'hɪl]
adj. 上坡的，向上的
adv. 向上地；往上坡
n. 上升；登高
英文词源
- uphill (adj.)
- 1610s, from up + hill. As an adverb from c. 1600. Grose's "Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue" (1785) has "Uphills, false dice that run high."
实用例句
- 1. It's an uphill battle but I think we're going to win.
- 虽然这是一场艰苦的斗争，但我相信我们会取得胜利。
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- 2. It had been an uphill struggle to achieve what she had wanted.
- 她历尽坎坷才达到目的。
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- 3. The walk from the village to Greystones was uphill all the way.
- 从村子到格雷斯通斯走的一直都是上坡路。
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- 4. The man was no more than ten yards away and slightly uphill.
- 那名男子就在10码之内，稍近山顶。
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- 5. He had been running uphill a long way.
- 他已经跑了一段很长的上坡路。
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