Day 66
释义：something that is very difficult to do and needs a lot of effort and determination
=difficult, hard, tough, demanding
常修饰 struggle, battle, task, climb, fight
反义词：downhill →易如反掌：be all downhill (from here) 或者 be downhill all the way (from here)
例句：
1-Whenever the Chinese national football team plays a European team, it is going to be an uphill struggle.
2-Alibaba has been widely regarded as an e-commerce giant. Although it seemed like an uphill task for Pinduoduo to stand out, it dealt tactfully with the hard realities and went public merely three years after its launch.
3-Gender parity in science is an uphill struggle.
练习
1-翻译：要在两个月之内把雅思从 6 分提到 8 分对任何人来说都是一件非常难的事情.
It's an uphill task for everyone to raise his IELTS results from 6 to 8 within 2 months.
2-造句：走出舒适区对绝大部分人来说是件很难的事。
Stepping out of one's comfort zone is an uphill struggle for most people.
参考翻译：To improve IELTS from Band 6 to Band 8 within two months is an uphill struggle/task to anyone.
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