1 ADV [ADVERB after verb, be ADVERB] 靠山顶;上坡 If something or someone is uphill or is moving uphill, they are near the top of a hill or are going up a slope. 靠山顶;上坡 [Also + from]
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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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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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...trees that ran in a ragged line uphill from the ledge.
由巉岩往上直到近山顶处参差生长的一排树木
Uphill is also an adjective.
2 ADJ [ADJ n] 荆棘满途的;艰苦卓绝的;崎岖曲折的 If you refer to something as an uphill struggle or an uphill battle, you mean that it requires a great deal of effort and determination, but it should be possible to achieve it. 荆棘满途的;艰苦卓绝的;崎岖曲折的
SYN arduous, hard, taxing, difficult
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