be running scaredWORRIEDto feel worried because someone who you are competing against is becoming very successful or powerful 〔因对手越来越成功或强大而〕担心，烦恼 The party are running scared. 该党有了危机感。
be running scared• Their new software has the competition running scared.• Then why is it that Chretien appears to be running scared?• To me, ti just looks like the fools are running scared.• Whenever managers were laid off, he sensed in the ranks ever-higher levels of anxiety Even those who remained were running scared.
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