| 词汇 | run down |
| 释义 | run down 1. (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。 |
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