running /ˈrʌnɪŋ/ TEM4

• 1. 

  N-UNCOUNT Running is the activity of moving fast on foot, especially as a sport. 跑

  例：

  We chose to do cross-country running.

  我们选择进行越野赛跑。

• 2. 

  N-SING The running of something such as a business is the managing or organizing of it. 经营

  例：

  ...the committee in charge of the day-to-day running of the party.

  …负责该党日常运作的委员会。

• 3. 

  ADJ You use running to describe things that continue or keep occurring over a period of time. 连续的; 不断的 [ADJ n]

  例：

  He also began a running feud with Dean Acheson.

  他也开始和艾奇逊院长发生接连不断的争执。

• 4. 

  ADJ A running total is a total which changes because numbers keep being added to it as something progresses. 流水式的 [ADJ n]

  例：

  He kept a running tally of who had called him, who had visited, who had sent flowers.

  他记录着关于谁给他打过电话、谁看望过、谁送过花的一本流水账。

• 5. 

  ADV You can use running when indicating that something keeps happening. For example, if something has happened every day for three days, you can say that it has happened for the third day running or for three days running. 连续地 [n ADV]

  例：

  He said drought had led to severe crop failure for the second year running.

  他说干旱已连续两年造成严重农作物歉收。

• 6. 

  ADJ Running water is water that is flowing rather than standing still. 流动的 (水) [ADJ n]

  例：

  The forest was filled with the sound of running water.

  该森林里充满了流水声。

• 7. 

  ADJ If a house has running water, water is supplied to the house through pipes and faucets. 自来 (水) [ADJ n]

  例：

  ...a house without electricity or running water in a tiny African village.

  …一座在非洲一个小村庄里、没有电和自来水的房子。

• 8. 

  PHRASE If someone is in the running for something, they have a good chance of winning or obtaining it. If they are out of the running for something, they have no chance of winning or obtaining it. 有望获胜/无望获胜

  例：

  Until this week he appeared to have ruled himself out of the running because of his age.

  直到本周他似乎才因为自己年龄关系排除了自己获胜的可能性。

• 9. 

  PHRASE If something such as a system or place is up and running, it is operating normally. 正常运转

  例：

  We're trying to get the medical facilities up and running again.

  我们正在尽力让这些医疗设施恢复正常运转。