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run down

phrasal verb
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run down
  1. to lose power or stop working耗尽能量；停止工作
    • The battery has run down.电池没电了。🔊🔊
  2. 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。🔊🔊
    related noun rundown
run something down
  1. 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。🔊🔊
  2. 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。🔊🔊
    related noun rundown
run somebody/something down
  1. (of a vehicle or its driver车辆或驾驶者) to hit somebody/something and knock them/it to the ground把…撞倒
  2. 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。🔊🔊
  3. to find somebody/something after a search（经过搜寻后）找到