hill /hɪl/ CET4 TEM4

• 1. 

  N-COUNT/N-IN-NAMES A hill is an area of land that is higher than the land that surrounds it. 小山

  例：

  ...the shady street that led up the hill to the office building.

  …通往山上的办公楼的林荫道。

• 2. 

  PHRASE If you say that someone is over the hill, you are saying rudely that they are old and no longer fit, attractive, or capable of doing useful work. 在走下坡路 [非正式]

  例：

  He doesn't take kindly to suggestions that he is over the hill.

  他不爱听别人说他在走下坡路。