run down
撞倒, 贬低, 追捕, 查出, (使)筋疲力竭
例句与用法:
She's always running her children down in public.
她总是当著人说自己的孩子不懂事。
He's always running down his wife's cooking.
他总是贬低妻子的烹饪技术。
1. 撞倒
The liner ran down a fishing-boat during the dense fog.
在浓雾中, 客轮撞翻了一条渔船。
2. 追寻
They are running down a criminal.
他们正在追缉一名罪犯。
3. 诋毁
Uncle George is always running down the government.
乔治叔叔总是诋毁政府。
The man's always running me down.
那人老是说我的坏话。
4. 耗损; 用坏
Billy ran down my truck when he used it last summer.
去年夏天, 比利用坏了我的卡车。
run down
词义辨析:
同义参见:
decline
debase
trail
overtake
run downrun down1.■停止走动, 用完That clock ran down hours ago.那座钟在几小时以前就停了。2.■撞倒, 撞沉It was so foggy that the steamship almost ran down a small boat leaving the port.雾很大, 汽艇差点把一只正在离港的小船撞沉。Mr. Block ran a boy down this afternoon.布拉克先生今天下午把一个男孩撞倒了。The old man was run down by a big lorry.那个老人被一辆大卡车撞倒了。3.■诽谤, 贬低He's always running me down.他总是讲我的坏话。4.■走下坡路, 垮掉The coal industry is running down.煤矿业正在逐渐走下坡路。5.■(使)虚弱, 疲乏This exhausting work is enough to run everyone down.这项费力的工作足以使人精疲力竭。He is quite run down and needs a vacation.他的身体太虚弱, 需要休假。
run down1.■往下跑:Don't run down the stairs. Just walk down slowly.下楼梯时别跑,慢慢走下去。2.■往下流:All rivers run down to the sea.条条河水向下流入大海。3.■停止运转;停产;耗尽:The battery in my car ran down this evening.我的汽车里的蓄电池今天晚上用完了。My watch has run down.我的表停了。4.■(健康)衰退;虚弱:His father is terribly run down and is unfit for work right now.他的父亲非常虚弱,不适于立刻就上班。5.■缩减;降低:The labour force in our mine is running down rapidly.我们矿上的劳动力正在迅速减少。6.■衰落;使精疲力竭:The coal industry is running down as coal is gradually replaced by oil.由于煤炭逐渐被石油所代替,因此煤炭工业正在衰落。7.■(车)把…撞倒;(船)把…撞沉:The ship ran down a small fishing boat.这艘轮船撞沉了一条小渔船。He rode his bicycle too fast and almost ran down a child.他骑自行车骑得太快了,差一点撞倒一个小孩。8.■查出;搜到:I have run down the word in my dictionary eventually.我终于在我的字典里查到了这个词。9.■把…追得精疲力竭;追获;捕杀:The police ran down the thief in a restaurant.警方在一个饭馆里抓到了这个小偷。10.■诽谤;贬低:She is always running down her mother-in-law in public.她一贯公开地说她婆婆的坏话。11.■快读;浏览;扫视:He ran his eyes down the page and found his name at last.他的眼睛顺着这一页往下看,终于找到了他的名字。
run down
名词 run down:
a concluding summary (as in presenting a case before a law court)
同义词:summation, summing up, rundown
动词 run down:
trace
同义词:check out
move downward
injure or kill by running over, as with a vehicle
同义词:run over
use up all one's strength and energy and stop working
同义词:poop out, peter out, run out, conk out
examine hastily
同义词:scan, skim, rake, glance over
deplete
同义词:exhaust, play out, sap, tire
pursue until captured
形容词 run down:
worn and broken down by hard use
同义词:creaky, decrepit, derelict, flea-bitten, run-down, woebegone
having the spring unwound
同义词:run-down