transcription, транскрипция: [ ʌphɪl ]
1.
If something or someone is uphill or is moving uphill , they are near the top of a hill or are going up a slope.
He had been running uphill a long way...
≠ downhill
ADV : ADV after v , be ADV , ADV from n
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Uphill is also an adjective.
...a long, uphill journey...
The walk from the village to Greystones was uphill all the way.
≠ downhill
ADJ : usu ADJ n
2.
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.
It had been an uphill struggle to achieve what she had wanted...
It’s an uphill battle but I think we’re going to win.
ADJ : ADJ n