指车辆撞到人或动物
"The driver ran down a cyclist who had swerved into the road."
He was run down by a car while crossing the street.
— General reported speech widely used in news journalism (BBC News style)
指开车撞到某人、不断贬低某人,或电力、精力等逐渐耗尽
指用车把人撞倒、说某人坏话,或电池没电了
共 4 个含义,从最常见到最少见,按 CEFR 等级色彩标注。
指车辆撞到人或动物
"The driver ran down a cyclist who had swerved into the road."
He was run down by a car while crossing the street.
— General reported speech widely used in news journalism (BBC News style)
反复或不公平地批评某人;说某人坏话
"She's always running down her colleagues behind their backs."
电力或精力逐渐减弱直到停止;变得筋疲力尽或耗尽
"If you leave the lights on all night, the car battery will run down."
经过寻找后找到某人或某物;追查到
"It took the detective weeks to run down the missing witness."
字面上是“朝下跑”——这能帮助理解“逐渐耗尽”的意思,但不能解释“贬低”这个意思
指用车把人撞倒、说某人坏话,或电池没电了
“车辆撞人”这个意思在英式和美式英语中都很常见。“批评、贬低”这个意思(如 don't run me down)更偏非正式。形容词 run-down(如 a run-down building,破旧的建筑)也很常见,且和这个短语有关。
母语者最常搭配使用的单词。
最常用的五种时态形式。
来自 YouTube 真实视频中 "run down" 的用法片段 — 点击可在 Looplines 上观看。
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