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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。
撞伤；撞死；（开车）撞到
runs down — third person singular of run down
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撞伤；撞死；（开车）撞到
To hit someone with a vehicle and injure or kill them.
The driver ran down a pedestrian.
司机撞倒了一名行人。
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用车或其他车辆撞伤或撞死某人。
To hit someone with a car or other vehicle and injure or kill them.
贬低；诋毁
To criticize someone or an organisation, often unfairly.
经过长时间搜寻后找到某人或某物。
To find something or someone after searching for a long time.
逐渐耗尽(电量)
To lose power slowly. Used for a machine, battery, or other powered device.
Stop running down your teammates just because they missed one deadline.
不要仅仅因为他们错过了一个截止日期就贬低你的队友。
Her manager always ran down her proposals in front of the whole team.
她的经理总是在整个团队面前贬低她的提议。
Why do you have to run down every new idea the moment someone suggests it?
为什么别人一提新想法，你就要立刻贬低一番？
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。
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。
用于机器、体力等逐渐变弱或消耗殆尽。
The battery has run down.
电池没电了。
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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。
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