Phrase
run down
撞伤;撞死;(开车)撞到
To hit someone with a vehicle and injure or kill them.
- 1.
To hit someone with a car or other vehicle and injure or kill them.
用车或其他车辆撞伤或撞死某人。
- 2.
To criticize someone or an organisation, often unfairly.
贬低;诋毁
- 3.
To find something or someone after searching for a long time.
经过长时间搜寻后找到某人或某物。
- 4.
To lose power slowly. Used for a machine, battery, or other powered device.
逐渐耗尽(电量)
- 5.
To read quickly a list or other short text.
快速浏览
- 6.
To describe in the form of a rundown, a rough outline or summary.
以概要或总结的形式描述。
- 7.
To decline in quality or condition.
质量或状况下降。
- 8.
To chase till the object pursued is captured or exhausted.
追逐直到目标被捕获或精疲力竭。
- 9.
To run against and sink, as a vessel.
撞沉(船只)
- 10.
To crush; to overthrow; to overbear.
压碎;推翻;压制。
- 11.
To move (some copy) down to the next line.
将(文本)移到下一行
- 12.
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see run, down.
非比喻或习语用法:参见run, down。
贬低;诋毁;说…的坏话;找到;搜寻到;(电量)耗尽;逐渐没电;恶化;变差;走下坡路;快速浏览;匆匆看一遍
In use
Stop running down your teammates just because they missed one deadline.
Her manager always ran down her proposals in front of the whole team.
Why do you have to run down every new idea the moment someone suggests it?
run someone down (撞倒)
常用被动语态,如 'He was run down by a car.'
The driver ran down a pedestrian.
司机撞倒了一名行人。
run someone/something down (贬低)
也可用于'run down someone',但更常用'run someone down'。
He's always running down his own country.
他总是贬低自己的国家。
run down (逐渐恶化/耗尽)
用于机器、体力等逐渐变弱或消耗殆尽。
Connections
Confusing words
Word family
- runs down
- third person singular
- ran down
- past
- running down
- present participle
Learner notes
Grammar Note
代词宾语须放在run与down之间(如run him down),不可说run down him;用于'耗尽'义时主语为电池/机器等,不接宾语。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.