| 词汇 | run down |
| 释义 | run downrun down phrasal verbphr v a) run somebody/something ↔ downTTHIT/BUMP INTO 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. 他们的女儿被车撞了。 b) run somebody/something ↔ down informalCRITICIZE to 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。 c) TMCif 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 d) REDUCEto 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 something ↔ 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。 e) 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 something ↔ 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。 f) run down something to read a list of people or things 读〔名单〕 Let me just run down the list of people who’ve been invited. 让我来读一下受邀者名单。 g) run somebody/something downFIND 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. → rundown, run-down 最后我在格伦代尔他的新办公室找到了他。 Examples from the Corpus run down• They buy up rival companies then just run them down.• A lot of people feel run down in the winter months, when the days are short and there's very little sunlight.• Opposition leaders are accusing the government of running down the Health Service.• You're run down -- you need a vacation. → run down at run1(PHRASAL VERB) |
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