プログレッシブ和英中辞典(第4版)の解説
さか【坂】
&fRoman1;〔道の上り下り〕a slope; an incline
緩やかな［急な］坂
a gentle [steep] slope [incline]
上り［下り］坂
「an uphill [a downhill] slope／「an up [a down] grade [《英》 gradient]
坂を上る
go uphill／go up a hill
坂を下る
go downhill／go down a hill
教会は坂の上に［下に］あった
The church stood at the top [bottom] of a slope.
道が坂になるところに交番がありますよ
You will find a police box where the road begins to slope.
庭は坂になって川岸に至る
The garden slopes down to the river.
&fRoman2;〔年齢・勢いの上り下り〕
60歳の坂を越えている
He is over [past/on the wrong side of] sixty.
彼女はまだ50歳の坂を越えていない
She is 「on this side [《口》 on the sunny side] of fifty.
彼の画家としての名声は下り坂になってきた
His reputation as a painter is declining [on the decline].
物価が下り坂になった
Prices started going down.
彼の運は上り坂になってきた
His luck took a turn for the better.／《口》 Things started to look up for him.