run down

1. PHRASAL VERB 严厉批评;斥责;贬低
   If you run people or things down, 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
2. PHRASAL VERB 压缩;削减;减少
   If people run down an 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。
3. PHRASAL VERB 减少;降低
   If someone runs down an 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。
4. PHRASAL VERB （车辆）把…撞伤，撞倒
   If a vehicle or its driver runs someone down, 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。
5. PHRASAL VERB (机器或设备等)逐渐损耗，效能降低
   If a machine or device runs down, it gradually loses power or works more slowly.
   1. The batteries are running down.
      这些电池快没电了。
6. See also: run-down

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. 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。
3. The property business could be sold or run down.
   可售出或削减房地产业务。
4. 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。
5. 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。
6. The batteries are running down.
   这些电池快没电了。
7. The battery has run down.
   电池用完了。
8. 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。
9. The boy was run down by a car yesterday.
   昨天那个小男孩被车撞倒了。
10. If an Englishman gets run down by a truck, he apologizes to the truck.
    如果一个英国人被一辆卡车撞倒，他向卡车道歉。
11. My clock has run down, it needs winding up.
    我的闹钟不走了，它需要上发条。
12. 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。
13. 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。
14. I'll run down and see you after work.
    我下班后赶来看你。
15. The girl was run down by a bus when she crossed the street.
    当女孩过马路时，被一辆汽车撞倒了。
16. The culprit was at last run down.
    这个罪犯终于被捕了。
17. My car battery has run down; it needs recharging.
    我的汽车电池没电了，需要充电。
18. This torch is useless; the battery has run down.
    这电筒没有用；电池没有电了。
19. A13-year-old girl was run down by a bus.
    一个13岁的小姑娘被车撞倒了。
20. She was run down just outside the office.
    她就在办公机关外面被车撞倒了。
21. 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。
22. The pedestrian was run down by the car.
    个行人被车撞倒了。
23. I'll run down and secure my guest.
    我要跑下楼陪我的客人了。
24. Then I will run down the hill and jump into your mouth.
    然后我会从山上跑下来，跳进你的口里。
25. My car battery has run down.
    我汽车上的电池用完了。
26. 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。
27. My watch has run down& it needs rewinding. She broke her watch by winding it too tightly.
    我的手表停了――它需要上发条了。
28. You have already run down the gasoline.
    你已经用完汽油了。
29. Billy run down my truck when he used it last summer.
    去年夏天，比利用坏了我的卡车。

verb

1. 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

2. injure or kill by running over, as with a vehicle

   Synonym:    run over

3. pursue until captured
   1. They ran down the fugitive

4. move downward
   1. The water ran down

5. examine hastily
   1. She scanned the newspaper headlines while waiting for the taxi

   Synonym:    scanskimrakeglance over

6. deplete
   1. exhaust one's savings
   2. We quickly played out our strength

   Synonym:    exhaustplay outsaptire

7. trace
   1. We are running down a few tips

   Synonym:    check out