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be running on empty to continue doing something even though you no longer have supplies of something you need in order to do it properly没有了某物仍在继续做某事:•With the country running on empty, the president has no hope of winning the election.由于失去了国民的支持，总统没有希望赢得竞选。—emptily adv. be running on empty have exhausted all of one's resources or sustenance 耗尽财力（或物力）。 |