Uphill
[ʌp'hɪl] or [,ʌp'hɪl]
解释:
(noun.) the upward slope of a hill.
(adv.) upward on a hill or incline; 'this street lay uphill'.
(adv.) against difficulties; 'she was talking uphill'.
艾莉森编辑--From WordNet
解释:
(adv.) Upwards on, or as on, a hillside; as, to walk uphill.
(a.) Ascending; going up; as, an uphill road.
(a.) Attended with labor; difficult; as, uphill work.
校对:米里亚姆
同义词及近义词：
a. [1]. Ascending, upward.[2]. Difficult, hard, arduous, toilsome.
巴里整理
解释:
adj. ascending: difficult.—adv. up a hill against difficulties.
克利夫顿录入
例句:
- As the road went uphill they ceased talking. 欧内斯特·海明威. 永别了,武器.
- I am glad he is off, thought I, for this is indeed very uphill work. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
- Downhill the men rather gained on me, but uphill I began to distance them. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- The letter, which was scrawled in pencil uphill and downhill and round crooked corners, ran thus: 'OLD RIAH, Your accounts being all squared, go. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
- It was uphill work for a foreigner, lame or sound, to make his way with the Bleeding Hearts. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
- It's such uphill work, and it takes such a time! 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
- His head ought to be uphill, I said. 欧内斯特·海明威. 永别了,武器.
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