uphill的意思

uphill

英式音标[,ʌp'hɪl]
美式英标[ʌp'hɪl]

基本解释

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。

2. It had been an uphill struggle to achieve what she had wanted.: 她历尽坎坷才达到目的。

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。

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。

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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