Since Spain had gone to war with Britain to recover Gibraltar rather than out of any sympathy for a revolutionary republic, this was an uphill task.

由于西班牙与英国开战是为了收复直布罗陀， 而不是出于对革命共和国的同情，所以这是一项艰巨的任务。

El Mundo vies with El Pais for domination of the Hispanic world's online news audience, but turning that into money is an uphill task, admits a senior executive at El Mundo.

世界报和国家报一直在网络上竞争西语读者的占有率，但是事实上要将这种占有率转化为盈利是一件很艰巨的任务，对此世界报的高级执行官也不得不承认。