He had been running uphill a long way.

他向上坡跑了很长的一段路。

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The road is, at first, filled with quaint boutique shops and young couples and friends, but as it advances uphill they give way to small cottage homes and kids playing ball in the street.

在这条路上起先看到的是一些古色古香的精品店、年轻情侣以及一起出游的朋友们，但再往上走看到的便是小平房院落和街上玩球的孩子们。

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Thousands of years of genetic modification have led to sweet, rich, easy-to-harvest crops and obedient, compliant domestic animals; but back then it was an uphill struggle all the way.

成千上万年的基因改造才有了香气扑鼻、营养丰富、便于收割的庄稼，才有了服服帖帖、任劳任怨的家畜。 但是回首当年，那却是一路的艰辛。

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"We've made tremendous progress, but we still have a long, uphill way to go, " said state Assemblyman Dov Hikind, an Orthodox Jew who represents Brooklyn's Borough Park and Midwood areas.

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Any way you look at it, RIM has an uphill battle for market share against leaders Apple , Google and Microsoft .

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