| 单词 | run down |
| 释义 | → See Verb tableExamples from the Corpusrun down• They buy up rival companies then just run them down.• A lot of people feel run down in the winter months, when the days are short and there's very little sunlight.• Opposition leaders are accusing the government of running down the Health Service.• You're run down -- you need a vacation.Related topics: Illness & disabilityˌrun-ˈdown adjective 1 TBCONDITION/STATE OF somethinga building or area that is run-down is in very bad condition 〔建筑物或地区〕破旧的，破落的 a run-down inner-city area 破旧的市中心贫民区2 [not before noun]MIILL someone who is run-down is tired and not healthy 精疲力竭的，衰弱的 You look a bit run-down. 你看上去有点疲倦。Examples from the Corpusrun-down• Since the textile company moved out, the area's gotten very run-down.• The distant fading signals a run-down age of degenerate belief.• He made a fortune buying run-down houses and fixing them up to sell.• The vehicles will be given to the National Association of Boys' Clubs and will tour run-down inner-city areas.• Or is the genuine Dublin culture to be found in the new sprawling suburbs with its run-down libraries and shopping malls?• I find a tiny winding street in the Marais that takes me to a shack in the courtyard of a run-down mansion.• The men were hiding in an abandoned theater in a run-down part of the city.• Meir Ahronson, wearing a bathrobe and a pair of run-down slippers, opened the door.• He was wearing a torn and spotted cotton bathrobe and a pair of run-down slippers.• After they had deposited their bags at the hotel, itself ramshackle and run-down, they had gone on to the hospital.• I was feeling too run-down to go for my morning jog.From Longman Business Dictionaryrun down phrasal verb1[transitive] run something → down to let an organization gradually become smaller or stop workingThe coal industry is being slowly run down.2[intransitive, transitive] run something → down to use a supply of something without replacing itThe Saudis have been running down their financial reserves.They have let their sugar stocks run down to extremely low levels. → run→ See Verb tablerun-downˈrun-down adjectivePROPERTY a building or area that is run-down is in very bad conditionWe have a contract to renovate five run-down apartment buildings.ˌrun-ˈdown adjectiveChineseSyllable Corpus that run-down area Business is or a building |
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