| 词组 | run down |
| 释义 | run down 1. run down sb • run sb down usually passive to drive into someone and hurt or kill them: ▪ I almost got run down by a bus as I was crossing the road. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑run over, ↑knock down 2. run sb/sth down • run down sb/sth to criticize someone or something, especially in a way that seems unfair: ▪ Never run down your previous employer at an interview. It will always reflect badly on you. run yourself down ▪ As a nation we're always running ourselves down, instead of being proud of our achievements. ■ SIMILAR TO: criticize, ↑knock 3. be run down to feel tired and unhealthy because you have been working too hard, not getting enough sleep, or worrying a lot about something: ▪ Is Sue all right? She looked rather run down when I last saw her. ▪ I was feeling generally run down and in need of a vacation. ■ SIMILAR TO: exhausted 4. run down • run down sth • run sth down if a battery, watch etc runs down, or you run it down, it gradually loses power until there is none left: ▪ The toy stopped moving. Its batteries had obviously run down. ▪ Someone had left the lights on and run down the car's battery. 5. run down sth • run sth down BrE to gradually reduce the amount of work that a company or other organization does, in order to prepare for closing it: ▪ BSEL say they will run down the shipyard unless another buyer is found. ▪ The local hospital was being run down and no longer took emergency cases. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑wind down 6. run down sth • run sth down to let something such as a company, an organization, or a country's economy get into very bad condition: ▪ Every time a new party gets into power, they always accuse the previous government of running down the economy. ■ SIMILAR TO: ruin 7. run down • run down sth • run sth down if supplies of something run down, or are run down, they gradually all get used until there is none of it left: ▪ It is estimated that supplies of gas from the North Sea will start to run down between now and the end of the century. 8. run down sth to quickly look at or read aloud a list of things or people: ▪ Do you want me to run down the list of possible candidates? ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑run through rundown n singular a short report or explanation in which you mention the most important information: ▪ She began by giving a brief rundown of the decisions that had been made at the previous meeting. 9. run sb/sth down BrE to find someone or something that you have been looking for: ▪ I finally managed to run him down at his club in Mayfair. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑track down 10. run down sth • run sth down to chase after something and succeed in stopping it: ▪ Shane managed to run down the ball just before it reached the boundary. |
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