| 短语 | run down |
| 释义 | run down 1 run sb / sth ↔ down to drive into a person or animal and kill or injure them〔开车〕撞死; 撞伤:•Their daughter was run down by a car.他们的女儿被车撞倒。2 run sb / sth ↔ down informalto criticize someone or something in a way that is unfair 贬低; 诋毁; 说…的坏话:•There's a lot of good things about homeopathic treatment. I'm certainly not running it down.顺势疗法有很多优点，我当然不是在贬低它。3. if a clock, machine, BATTERY etc runs down, it has no more power and stops working〔钟、机器等因缺乏动力〕停止;〔电池〕耗尽4. to make a company, organization etc gradually reduce in size, especially in order to close it in the future, or to gradually reduce in size（使）〔公司、组织等的规模〕逐渐缩减〔尤为了日后停办〕:run sth down•Many smaller local hospitals are being run down.很多较小的地方医院都在逐渐缩减规模。•The business had been running down for a long time.该企业缩减规模已经有很长时间了。5. if a supply of something runs down, or if you run it down, there gradually becomes less of it（使）〔供应〕逐渐减少:Crude oil reserves are running down. 原油储备在逐渐缩减。run sth ↔ down•Electricity generating companies are running down stocks and cutting purchases.发电公司正在缩减备用物资，减少采购。6. run down sth to read a list of people or things读〔名单〕:•Let me just run down the list of people who've been invited.让我来读一下被邀请者的名单。7. run sb / sth down to find someone or something after searching for a long time〔经过长时间寻找而〕找到某人/某物:•I finally ran him down at his new office in Glendale.最后我是在格兰代尔他的新办公室里找到他的。⇒RUNDOWN,RUN-DOWNˌrun ˈdown1to lose power or stop working耗尽能量；停止工作The battery has run down.电池没电了。2to gradually stop functioning or become smaller in size or number逐渐失去作用；萎缩；衰减British manufacturing industry has been running down for years.英国的制造业多年来一直在萎缩。related nounrundown (1)run down1. (of watch or clock) slow down or stop（钟表）走慢或不走 * The kitchen clock ran down because we forgot to wind it. 厨房里的钟停了，因为我们忘了上发条。2. speak ill of; criticize unkindly 贬低；不客气地批评 * She is jealous of your success; that's why she's always running you down. 她嫉妒你的成功，这就是她总是讲你坏话的原因。 * He will flatter a person to his face, and then run him down behind his back. 他会当面吹捧一个人，而在背后却造谣中伤。 * That man doesn't like me;he's always running me down. 那人不喜欢我，他总是诽谤我。3. chase and catch 追捕 * The police were able to run the jewel thieves down after a long search. 警察经过长时间搜查，终于抓获了盗窃珠宝的小偷。 * After hunting for him for over a week, the police ran the escaped prisoner down in a public house. 在追捕了一个多星期后，警察终于在一家酒店里捉住了逃犯。4. knock down and hurt 撞伤 * The poor boy has been run down by a bus. 这个可怜的男孩子被汽车撞伤了。 * She was afraid she would run someone down while driving. 她害怕在开车时撞伤人。5. ill; in poor health or condition 体力衰弱；身体垮掉 * Father caught a cold because he was run down from loss of sleep. 父亲由于缺乏睡眠，体力衰弱而感冒了。 * The old worker was run down after all those years of hard work. 这位老工人因多年辛勤劳动而身体垮下来了。 * His health ran down to a dangerous level. 他的健康状况已恶化到危险的程度。6. find by hard and thorough search; trace the source of 追根究底；探出…的根源 * The policeman ran down proof that the burglar had robbed the store. 警察追查小偷抢店铺的证据。 * He had quite a time running down the technical words. 他为查出这些术语的来源花了相当多的时间。7. (cause to) diminish in number, quantity, size, etc. 减少；缩小；降低 * The coal industry is running down as coal deposits are used up. 由于煤藏枯竭，煤炭工业正在衰落。 * The farm labor force in this country is running down steadily. 这个国家的农业劳动力正持续减少。8. slowly bring to a halt 使慢慢地停止 * The management are running this factory down. 管理部门正在慢慢使这个工厂停产。run errands act as an errandboy; go to a store to buy things for sb. 跑腿；为别人办事；买东西 * I have no time to run errands for you. 我没时间替你跑腿。 * Rufus runs errands for all the neighbours. 鲁福斯为所有的邻居跑腿买东西。run down1.跑下：Children cannot keep rest for a little while，they always run up and down. 孩子们一时一刻也不能保持安静，他们总是跑上跑下。2.(钟表等因发条走完而)停止：I forgot to wind up the clock，it ran down at night.我忘记给钟表上弦，它夜里停了。3.逐渐筋疲力尽;健康逐渐变弱：The man has toiled all day long，he now looks running down. 那人劳累了一整天，现在看起来筋疲力尽了。 |
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