| 词组 | run into |
| 释义 | run into 1. run into sb not passive to meet someone you know by chance, when you did not expect to meet them: ▪ While I was in Paris I ran into an old school-friend who I hadn't seen in years. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑bump into, ↑run across, ↑come across 2. run into sth if you run into problems, difficulties etc, you suddenly experience them and have to deal with them, especially when you did not expect them: ▪ The company had run into financial difficulties during the recession. ▪ Streibl recently ran into trouble over allegations that he took free trips which were paid for by a defence company. ▪ Plans to build another runway at Heathrow airport have run into strong opposition from local residents and environmental groups. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑meet with, encounter formal 3. run into hundreds/thousands/millions etc to reach a total of several hundreds, thousands etc - used to talk about the total cost of something, or the total number of people killed by something: ▪ The cost of repairing the damage is expected to run into millions of dollars. ▪ A spokesperson for the Austrian government said that the death toll could run into hundreds. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑reach 4. run into sth to accidentally drive into something such as a car or a wall: ▪ Someone had run into the back of the bus. ▪ Di and Dodi were killed when their car ran into a wall at high speed in Paris. ■ SIMILAR TO: drive (into) 5. run into sth if one thing runs into another, for example another word, colour, or quality, it joins it and mixes with it, so that is difficult to notice where one ends and the other begins: ▪ The words seemed to run into each other, and I couldn't catch what she was saying. ▪ It was strange how good and bad could run into each other, could appear as interchangeable. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑merge into |
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