run down

英 [ˌrʌn ˈdaʊn]

美 [ˌrʌn ˈdaʊn]

严厉批评; 斥责; 抨击; 压缩; 削减; 减少; 降低; （车辆）把…撞伤，撞倒; （机器设备）逐渐损耗，效能降低

法律

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB 严厉批评;斥责;贬低
  If yourunpeople or thingsdown, you criticize them strongly.
  1. He last night denounced the British 'genius for running ourselves down'.
     昨晚，他谴责了英国那位“抨击我们自己人的天才”。
  2. ...that chap who was running down state schools.
     抨击公立学校的那个家伙
• PHRASAL VERB 压缩;削减;减少
  If peoplerun downan industry or an organization, they deliberately reduce its size or the amount of work that it does.
  1. The government is cynically running down Swe-den's welfare system...
     瑞典政府正自私自利地削减本国的福利。
  2. The property business could be sold or run down.
     可售出或削减房地产业务。
• PHRASAL VERB 减少;降低
  If someoneruns downan amount of something, they reduce it or allow it to decrease.
  1. But the survey also revealed firms were running down stocks instead of making new products...
     但是调查也显示，各公司正在减少库存，而没有生产新的产品。
  2. Its $25m reserve fund had been run down to around $8m.
     其2,500万美元的储备金已被减少到了800万美元左右。
• PHRASAL VERB （车辆）把…撞伤，撞倒
  If a vehicle or its driverrunssomeonedown, the vehicle hits them and injures them.
  1. Lozano claimed that motorcycle driver Clement Lloyd was trying to run him down.
     洛扎诺声称克莱门特·劳埃德骑着摩托车想把他撞伤。
• PHRASAL VERB (机器或设备等)逐渐损耗，效能降低
  If a machine or deviceruns down, it gradually loses power or works more slowly.
  1. The batteries are running down.
     这些电池快没电了。
• See also:run-down

英英释义

verb

• use up all one's strength and energy and stop working
  1. At the end of the march, I pooped out
  Synonym:poop outpeter outrun outconk out
• injure or kill by running over, as with a vehicle
  Synonym:run over
• pursue until captured
  1. They ran down the fugitive
• move downward
  1. The water ran down
• examine hastily
  1. She scanned the newspaper headlines while waiting for the taxi
  Synonym:scanskimrakeglance over
• deplete
  1. exhaust one's savings
  2. We quickly played out our strength
  Synonym:exhaustplay outsaptire
• trace
  1. We are running down a few tips
  Synonym:check out

双语例句

• She's just a bit run down. I think she needs to take a holiday.
  她只是有点累了，我想她需要休几天假。
• Billy run down my truck when he used it last summer.
  去年夏天，比利用坏了我的卡车。
• My car battery has run down.
  我汽车上的电池用完了。
• My watch has run down. I must have forgotten to wind it.
  我的表停了，一定是忘记上发条了。
• The battery has run down.
  电池用完了。
• The batteries are running down.
  这些电池快没电了。
• My car battery has run down; it needs recharging.
  我的汽车电池没电了，需要充电。
• He took out a torch but it was useless, for the battery had run down.
  他掏出手电，但没用，因为电池耗尽了。
• The government is cynically running down Swe-den's welfare system
  瑞典政府正自私自利地削减本国的福利。
• We can't use the torch because the battery has run down.
  我们不能用电筒了，因为电池用完了。