uphill是什麽意思

uphill

英 [ʌp'hɪl] 美 [,ʌp'hɪl]

adj. 上坡的，向上的
adv. 向上地；往上坡
n. 上升；登高

英文詞源

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."

雙語例句

1. It's an uphill battle but I think we're going to win.: 雖然這是一場艱苦的鬥爭，但我相信我們會取得勝利。

2. It had been an uphill struggle to achieve what she had wanted.: 她曆盡坎坷才達到目的。

3. The walk from the village to Greystones was uphill all the way.: 從村子到格雷斯通斯走的一直都是上坡路。

4. The man was no more than ten yards away and slightly uphill.: 那名男子就在10碼之內，稍近山頂。

5. He had been running uphill a long way.: 他已經跑了一段很長的上坡路。

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