run down
phrasal verbrun down
- to lose power or stop working
耗尽能量；停止工作 - The battery has run down.
电池没电了。
- The battery has run down.
- to gradually stop functioning or become smaller in size or number
逐渐失去作用；萎缩；衰减 - British manufacturing industry has been running down for years.
英国的制造业多年来一直在萎缩。
- British manufacturing industry has been running down for years.
run something down
- to make something lose power or stop working
使耗尽能量；使停止工作 - If you leave your headlights on you'll soon run down the battery.
如果你让车头灯一直亮着，很快就会把电池耗尽。
- If you leave your headlights on you'll soon run down the battery.
- to make something gradually stop functioning or become smaller in size or number
使逐渐失去作用；使萎缩；使衰减 - The company is running down its sales force.
公司正在削减销售人员。
- The company is running down its sales force.
run somebody/something down
- (of a vehicle or its driver) to hit somebody/something and knock them/it to the ground
把…撞倒 - to criticize somebody/something in an unkind way
恶意批评；说…的坏话；贬低 - He's always running her down in front of other people.
他总是在别人面前说她的坏话。
- He's always running her down in front of other people.
- to find somebody/something after a search
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