run down

撞倒, 贬低, 追捕, 查出, （使）筋疲力竭

1. 撞倒

The liner ran down a fishing-boat during the dense fog.

在浓雾中, 客轮撞翻了一条渔船。

2. 追寻

They are running down a criminal.

他们正在追缉一名罪犯。

3. 诋毁

Uncle George is always running down the government.

乔治叔叔总是诋毁政府。

The man's always running me down.

那人老是说我的坏话。

4. 耗损; 用坏

Billy ran down my truck when he used it last summer.

去年夏天, 比利用坏了我的卡车。

词义辨析

同义参见:

decline  debase  trail  overtake  

英英释义

名词 run down:

a concluding summary (as in presenting a case before a law court)

同义词：summation, summing up, rundown

动词 run down:

trace

同义词：check out

move downward

injure or kill by running over, as with a vehicle

同义词：run over

use up all one's strength and energy and stop working

同义词：poop out, peter out, run out, conk out

examine hastily

同义词：scan, skim, rake, glance over

deplete

同义词：exhaust, play out, sap, tire

pursue until captured

形容词 run down:

worn and broken down by hard use

同义词：creaky, decrepit, derelict, flea-bitten, run-down, woebegone

having the spring unwound

同义词：run-down

补充

run downrun down1.停止走动, 用完That clock ran down hours ago.那座钟在几小时以前就停了。2.撞倒, 撞沉It was so foggy that the steamship almost ran down a small boat leaving the port.雾很大, 汽艇差点把一只正在离港的小船撞沉。Mr. Block ran a boy down this afternoon.布拉克先生今天下午把一个男孩撞倒了。The old man was run down by a big lorry.那个老人被一辆大卡车撞倒了。3.诽谤, 贬低He's always running me down.他总是讲我的坏话。4.走下坡路, 垮掉The coal industry is running down.煤矿业正在逐渐走下坡路。5.(使)虚弱, 疲乏This exhausting work is enough to run everyone down.这项费力的工作足以使人精疲力竭。He is quite run down and needs a vacation.他的身体太虚弱, 需要休假。

例句

1. The tourist season was almost over and things were definitely running down.旅游旺季快要结束了, 东西当然越来越少了。 2. He claimed that the motorcyclist was trying to run him down.他声称那个骑摩托车的人是故意要撞倒他。 3. The ferry had run down a yacht in the fog.渡轮在雾中撞翻了一条快艇。 4. The firm ran down its sales force.该公司裁减了销售人员。 5. The property business could be sold or run down.房地产生意可以出手, 也可以削减。 6. I'm really not running him down.我真的不是在贬低他。 7. I had been looking for Jim all day and finally ran him down in the library.我找吉姆找了一整天, 最后终于在图书馆把他逮到了。 8. Tears ran down her cheeks.泪水沿着她的脸颊流下。 9. He ran down their list of complaints.他浏览着他们提出的一条条抗议。 10. Don't run down the stairs. Just walk down slowly.下楼梯时别跑，慢慢走下去。 11. All rivers run down to the sea.条条河水向下流入大海。 12. The battery in my car ran down this evening.我的汽车里的蓄电池今天晚上用完了。 13. My watch has run down.我的表停了。 14. His father is terribly run down and is unfit for work right now.他的父亲非常虚弱，不适于立刻就上班。 15. The labour force in our mine is running down rapidly.我们矿上的劳动力正在迅速减少。 16. The coal industry is running down as coal is gradually replaced by oil.由于煤炭逐渐被石油所代替，因此煤炭工业正在衰落。 17. The ship ran down a small fishing boat.这艘轮船撞沉了一条小渔船。 18. He rode his bicycle too fast and almost ran down a child.他骑自行车骑得太快了，差一点撞倒一个小孩。 19. I have run down the word in my dictionary eventually.我终于在我的字典里查到了这个词。 20. The police ran down the thief in a restaurant.警方在一个饭馆里抓到了这个小偷。 21. She is always running down her mother-in-law in public.她一贯公开地说她婆婆的坏话。 22. He ran his eyes down the page and found his name at last.他的眼睛顺着这一页往下看，终于找到了他的名字。 23. He says she deliberately tried to run him down.他说她故意想要开车撞倒他。 24. The cops ran the robber down in an alley.警察在巷子里追捕劫匪。 25. "He wasn't in his office, but I finally ran him down in the faculty lounge."他当时不在办公室里，我最后在教员休息室找到了他。 26. The clock ran down. [=the clock slowed down and stopped working because it did not have any more power]钟表没电停摆了。 27. The watch's battery ran down.这只手表的电池耗尽了。 28. Turn off the radio so you don't run down the batteries.把收音机关掉就不会耗费电池了。 29. The company has been running down for decades.这家公司几十年来一直在走下坡路。 30. The company has been running down its factories/inventory.这家公司一直在减少它的工厂/库存。 31. Don't keep running yourself down like that: you have a lot to offer!不要总是那样贬低你自己，你的本领大着呢！ 32. Let me just run down all the things we need to do.我再复述一遍我们要做的事。 33. He ran down the list of names.他把名单念了一遍。