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词汇 uphill
释义 uphill
adjective, adverb
uk /ˌʌpˈhɪl/ us /ˌʌpˈhɪl/
C2
leading to a higher place on a slope: 上坡(的);向山上(的);朝上坡方向(的)
an uphill climb向上的攀爬
running uphill往山上跑
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downhilladverbadjective
C2
needing a large amount of effort: 费力的,艰难的
It'll be an uphill struggle/battle/fight to get the new proposals accepted.要让新的提案获得通过会很艰难。
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downhilladverbadjective
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Up and upward
ascent
climbing
erect
heavenward
perpendicular
skyward
unbowed
up
uplift
uplifted
upper
uppermost
uppish
uppishly
upright
upturned
upward
upwards
vertical
vertically

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Complicated and difficult to do

uphill | American Dictionary


uphill
adjective, adverb
us/ˈʌpˈhɪl/
leading to a higher place on a slope:
The runners began the uphill climb to the finish line.
As we started driving uphill, the car made a strange noise.
fig.Uphill can also mean difficult and needing a large amount of effort:
Recovering from the accident will be an uphill battle for her, but she’s doing well.

Examples of uphill


uphill
Without this development the composing curriculum will continue to be an uphill struggle.
Trying to build an export-oriented economy in the interior is thus an uphill struggle - often literally so.
There is a significant reduction in hydrocarbon concentrations in sediments as the distance from the assumed hydrocarbon sources (contaminated sites located uphill) increases.
In fact, they exhibited all the satisfaction of someone who has hit upon a method for causing water to flow uphill.
Unfortunately the overall step is an initially uphill direction of negative curvature, and thus again unlikely to be suitable for use with a globalization strategy.
We started our walk uphill, the opposite direction.
Finding this rare breed was to prove a long, uphill struggle.
Their formation in an aqueous environment is energetically uphill, and their creation would appear to override thermodynamic principles.
Harnessing and deforming it, to make it more serviceable, was an uphill battle.
Sure enough, there was a miracle, and the water started flowing uphill.
My exercise routine, which did not change, was walking uphill on a treadmill about 1 hour each day.
His path was uphill and fraught with peril.
The engine also needed to generate sufficient power in order to drive the rally car uphill.
Charge can flow over the waterfall, but it cannot flow in the opposite direction, which would be uphill.
The courses consist rolling terrain, forest trials, bridges, uphills and downhills.
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