uphill
英 [ʌp'hɪl]
美 [,ʌp'hɪl]
- adj.上り坂
- adv.上方に；上り坂に
- n.上昇する
英語の語源
- 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."
例文
- 1. It 's an uphill battle but I think we 're going to win.
- 苦しい闘いではありますが、私たちが勝利することを信じています。
- 2.It had been an uphill struggle to achieve what she had wanted.
- 彼女は数奇なことをしてやっと目的を達成した。
- 3.The walk from the village to Greystones was uphill all the way.
- 村からグレストンズまではずっと上り坂です。
- 4.The man was no more than ten yards away and slightly uphill .
- その男性は10ヤード以内にあり、頂上に少し近い。
- 5.He had been running uphill a long way.
- 彼は長い上り坂を走った。
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