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give sb a rundown (on/of sth)
也可说 give sb a rundown of sth，表示“向某人简要说明某事”。
The coach gave us a rundown on the opposing team.
教练给了我们一份关于对手球队的概要说明。
梗概；摘要；总结
rundowns — plural of rundown
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
梗概；摘要；总结
a concluding summary, as when presenting a case before a law court
The coach gave us a rundown on the opposing team.
教练给了我们一份关于对手球队的概要说明。
对主题或情况的粗略概述。
A rough outline of a topic or situation.
某日参赛马匹的概要,包括负重、骑师、赔率等。
A summary of the horses to be raced on a particular day, with their weights, jockeys, odds, etc.
跑垒员被两名防守队员夹杀出局的防守战术。
A defensive play in which the runner is caught between two fielders, who steadily converge to tag the runner out.
一种加勒比炖菜,用肉或鱼加浓缩椰奶、山药、番茄、洋葱和调味料制成。
A Caribbean stew of meat or fish (typically mackerel) with reduced coconut milk, yam, tomato, onion and seasonings.
Before the meeting, she gave a quick rundown of the project's progress.
开会前，她简要介绍了项目的进展情况。
The coach gave the team a rundown of the opposing players' strengths.
教练向队员们概述了对方球员的优势。
Could you provide a rundown of the main points from the report?
你能给我一份报告要点的摘要吗？
也可说 give sb a rundown of sth，表示“向某人简要说明某事”。
The coach gave us a rundown on the opposing team.
教练给了我们一份关于对手球队的概要说明。
此义侧重“规模、人数的逐渐缩减或裁减”。
The rundown of the coal industry caused many job losses.
煤炭产业的缩减导致了许多人失业。
棒球术语，指跑垒员在垒间遭到夹杀而出局。
The base runner was caught in a rundown.
跑垒员被夹杀出局。
Not this
Can you rundown the main points of the meeting?
Use this
Can you run down the main points of the meeting?
rundown 是名词，不能直接作动词；表示“快速概述”的动词短语是 run down（分开写）。注意不要与形容词 run-down（破旧的）混淆。
Not this
He gave me rundown of the plan.
Use this
He gave me a rundown of the plan.
rundown 是可数名词单数，前面需要不定冠词 a；中文没有冠词，所以容易漏掉。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
……的概要/说明
Can you give me a rundown of what happened at the meeting?
你能给我简要说说会议上发生了什么吗？
给某人做简介/汇报
Let me give you a rundown of the company's history.
我来给你简单介绍一下公司的历史。
快速概述
Here's a quick rundown of the main points.
这是要点的快速概述。
详细说明
She provided a detailed rundown of the project's progress.
她详细说明了项目的进展情况。
简要概述
He gave a brief rundown of the day's events.
他简要概述了当天发生的事。
给某人简要介绍情况；向某人说明要点
Before the trip, she gave us the rundown on the local customs.
旅行前，她给我们简要介绍了当地的风俗。
了解概要；得到简要说明
You can get the rundown on the new policy from the HR website.
你可以从人力资源网站上了解新政策的概要。
《丛林奇兵》
The Rundown is a 2003 action-comedy film in which the word 'rundown' in the title means a concise summary of a plan, similar to a mission briefing.
《丛林奇兵》是一部2003年的动作喜剧片，片名中的rundown意为对计划的简明概述，类似任务简报。
Use rundowns naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
记：run down 是“快速跑完一遍”，把内容快速跑一遍得出的要点就是“梗概、摘要”。
语域：neutral 常见场景：工作汇报、新闻简报、日常交流 表示“梗概、摘要”时，通常指简明扼要的介绍，多用于日常交流、工作汇报或媒体简报；在正式学术或法律文体中较少单独使用，常见搭配如 give someone a rundown of something。
These words illustrate the two spelling chunks in rundown: run (/rʌn/) and down (/daʊn/). Sun and fun share the -un spelling and /ʌn/ sound; town and brown share the -own spelling and /aʊn/ sound. Note that down, town, and brown match only the final syllable of rundown, not the whole word, because rundown is stressed on the first syllable; the whole word is /ˈrʌndaʊn/.
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.