| 词汇 | run down |
| 释义 | run down [phrasal verb] 1 run (someone or something) down or run down (someone or something) : to hit and knock down (a person or animal) with a vehicle开车撞倒（某人或某物） He says she deliberately tried to run him down.他说她故意想要开车撞倒他。 2 run (someone or something) down or run down (someone or something) a : to chase after and catch (a person or animal)追捕（人或动物） The cops ran the robber down in an alley.警察在巷子里追捕劫匪。 b : to find (someone or something) after searching（经搜寻后）找到 He wasn't in his office, but I finally ran him down in the faculty lounge.他当时不在办公室里，我最后在教员休息室找到了他。 3 run down or run down (something) or run (something) down a : to use up or cause (something) to use up all of its power（使）耗尽能量 The clock ran down. [=the clock slowed down and stopped working because it did not have any more power]钟表没电停摆了。 The watch's battery ran down.这只手表的电池耗尽了。 Turn off the radio so you don't run down the batteries.把收音机关掉就不会耗费电池了。 b British : to become or cause (something, such as a business or activity) to become gradually smaller使（生意、活动等）逐渐变小 The company has been running down for decades.这家公司几十年来一直在走下坡路。 The company has been running down its factories/inventory.这家公司一直在减少它的工厂/库存。 4 run (someone or something) down or run down (someone or something) informal : to criticize (someone or something) in usually an unfair way诋毁；贬低 Don't keep running yourself down like that: you have a lot to offer!不要总是那样贬低你自己，你的本领大着呢！ 5 run down (something) : to say or repeat (a list of people or things) from the beginning to the end从头到尾读（或复述）（名单或清单） Let me just run down all the things we need to do.我再复述一遍我们要做的事。 He ran down the list of names.他把名单念了一遍。 — see also rundown run |
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