1ADV [ADVERB after verb, beADVERB]靠山頂;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. 靠山頂;上坡 [Also + from]
He had been running uphill a long way.
他已經跑了一段很長的上坡路。
The man was no more than ten yards away and slightly uphill.
那名男子就在10碼之内,稍近山頂。
...trees that ran in a ragged line uphill from the ledge.
由巉岩往上直到近山頂處參差生長的一排樹木
Uphill is also an adjective.
...a long, uphill journey.
長長的一段上坡路
The walk from the village to Greystones was uphill all the way.
從村子到格雷斯通斯走的一直都是上坡路。
2ADJ [ADJ n]荊棘滿途的;艱苦卓絕的;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. 荊棘滿途的;艱苦卓絕的;崎岖曲折的
It had been an uphill struggle to achieve what she had wanted.
她歷盡坎坷才達到目的。
It's an uphill battle but I think we're going to win.