uphill task

People familiar with the matter said ping an already faced an uphill task to convince Chinese regulators of the merits of deepening its ties with Fortis because it had suffered a massive paper loss on its previous investment in the financial services group.

知情人士称，平安要说服中国监管机构认可其与富通加深合作，已是一个艰难的任务，因为平安此前对富通这家金融服务集团的投资该出现了巨额的帐面亏损。

Hobbes realizes this is a difficult and uphill task that he has set for himself.

霍布斯意识到他已经给自己，定下了一个困难而艰巨的任务。

If this analysis is correct, it suggests that the British government faces an uphill task trying to reduce inequalities through the tax and benefits system.

如果这个分析正确的话，这意味着英国政府所面临的任务就像是逆水行舟，试图在通过税收与福利政策来减少不平等现象。

Yet it faces an uphill task to win back lost market share in China, especially as smartphone sales begin to slow as the market matures.

然而，该公司面临着夺回在中国丧失的市场份额的艰巨任务，特别是随着市场的成熟，智能手机销量开始放缓。

Earlier this week he acknowledged that achieving peace is an uphill task but said he is still hopeful an agreement can be finished by the end of his presidency in January 2009.

这个星期早些时候，布什总统承认，实现和平是一个艰巨的任务。但是他仍对2009年1月他卸任之前各方能够达成协议抱有希望。

So, we have an uphill task in containing these groups.

所以，针对这些团体我们的任务十分艰巨。

The chancellor of the exchequer was given this sharp reminder of the uphill task facing the newly elected Conservative government on the same morning Mr Cameron was telling his cabinet he needed treaty change to sell a new deal on Europe to the British public.

英国财政大臣得到这个言辞尖锐的提醒，表明新当选的保守党政府面临着一项艰巨的任务。同日上午，卡梅伦告诉内阁，要向英国民众推销有关欧洲的新协议，就需要修订欧盟条约。

It's an uphill task now, but one we're definitely capable of.

现在我们面临很大的挑战，但我们能应付得来。

Western states on Monday begin the uphill task of persuading fellow members of the United Nations Security Council that a third round of modest economic sanctions would force Iran to come clean about its nuclear ambitions where earlier measures had failed.

西方国家周一着手进行一项艰巨任务说服联合国安理会（united nations security council）其它成员国相信，对伊朗进行第三轮适度经济制裁，将达到先前措施未能实现的目的：迫使伊朗彻底坦白其核计划。

It will no doubt be an uphill task for the newspaper to restore its credibility.

我们也很难想像,《吴哥之光》今后需要花费多大的努力,才能重新树立起它的公信力?

Singapore thus faces an uphill task in attracting foreign talent.

所以说,新加坡要吸引外地的优秀人才,是十分具挑战性的工作.