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

• The property business could be sold or run down.
  可售出或削减房地产业务。
• 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。
• My clock has run down, it needs winding up.
  我的闹钟不走了，它需要上发条。
• 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。
• 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”。
• The battery has run down.
  电池用完了。
• You have already run down the gasoline.
  你已经用完汽油了。
• I tell her to walk fast up the hills and run down.
  我告诉她可以快速的走上坡然后跑下来。
• 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。