run up something

phrasal verbphr v

a) run up a debt/bill etcUSE something to use so much of something, or borrow so much money, that you owe a lot of money 积欠大量债务/账单等

She ran up an enormous phone bill.

她积欠了一大笔电话费。

b) to achieve a particular score or position in a game or competition 〔在比赛或竞争中〕获得〔分数或名次〕

He quickly ran up a big lead in the polls.

他不久就在民意调查中遥遥领先。

c) MAKE run something ↔ up to make something, especially clothes, very quickly 赶制某物〔尤指衣服〕

She can run up a dress in an evening.

她一个晚上就能赶制出一条连衣裙。

d) UP run something ↔ up to raise a flag on a pole 升〔旗〕

Examples from the Corpus

run up • The narrow wooden stairs echoed as they ran up.• Deep, cramping spasms ran up and down her legs and twitched in her back.• Oh, I wished I still had even my scorpion on a string to run up and down somebody's back!• He wrapped a short raincoat around himself and ran up the front path.• Then the boy ran up the stairs and slammed his bedroom door.• Swords and dirks drawn, they ran up, threw open the great door, and flung themselves within.• One day, several weeks before, Harold came running up to me as I was getting out of my car.• His catch was still running up to the surface out of the hold.

run up a debt/bill etc• They continue to run up bills and never build equity in their house.• Model customers run up bills and pay in installments, with the high interest that makes the business so lucrative.• If my neighbours ran up a bill and refused to pay we would not be expected to pay it.• It became a more serious potential debt trap than running up bills at retailers.• He spent 3 months there, running up bills of £30,000, as yet unpaid.• Having run up a debt of over £100,000, they're unlikely to be forgotten by Virgin Records in a hurry.• For Gieves the tailors, the extent to which clients indulged in running up bills regardless had become extremely serious.• The problem of running up debts to pay for the elderly is straight-forward.

→ run up something at run1(PHRASAL VERB)

单词	run up something
释义	run up something run up something phrasal verbphr v a) run up a debt/bill etcUSE something to use so much of something, or borrow so much money, that you owe a lot of money 积欠大量债务/账单等 She ran up an enormous phone bill. 她积欠了一大笔电话费。 b) to achieve a particular score or position in a game or competition 〔在比赛或竞争中〕获得〔分数或名次〕 He quickly ran up a big lead in the polls. 他不久就在民意调查中遥遥领先。 c) MAKE run something ↔ up to make something, especially clothes, very quickly 赶制某物〔尤指衣服〕 She can run up a dress in an evening. 她一个晚上就能赶制出一条连衣裙。 d) UP run something ↔ up to raise a flag on a pole 升〔旗〕 Examples from the Corpus run up • The narrow wooden stairs echoed as they ran up.• Deep, cramping spasms ran up and down her legs and twitched in her back.• Oh, I wished I still had even my scorpion on a string to run up and down somebody's back!• He wrapped a short raincoat around himself and ran up the front path.• Then the boy ran up the stairs and slammed his bedroom door.• Swords and dirks drawn, they ran up, threw open the great door, and flung themselves within.• One day, several weeks before, Harold came running up to me as I was getting out of my car.• His catch was still running up to the surface out of the hold. run up a debt/bill etc• They continue to run up bills and never build equity in their house.• Model customers run up bills and pay in installments, with the high interest that makes the business so lucrative.• If my neighbours ran up a bill and refused to pay we would not be expected to pay it.• It became a more serious potential debt trap than running up bills at retailers.• He spent 3 months there, running up bills of £30,000, as yet unpaid.• Having run up a debt of over £100,000, they're unlikely to be forgotten by Virgin Records in a hurry.• For Gieves the tailors, the extent to which clients indulged in running up bills regardless had become extremely serious.• The problem of running up debts to pay for the elderly is straight-forward. → run up something at run1(PHRASAL VERB)
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