run down ( running, ran, runs )

• 1. 

  PHRASAL VERB If you run people or things down, you criticize them strongly. 强烈指责

  例：

  I'm always running myself down.

  我总是深深自责。

• 2. 

  PHRASAL VERB If a vehicle or its driver runs someone down, the vehicle hits them and injures them. (车) 撞 (某人)

  例：

  Lozano claimed that motorcycle driver Clement Lloyd was trying to run him down.

  洛扎诺声称摩托车手克莱门特•劳埃德当时正试图撞他。

• 3. 

  PHRASAL VERB If a machine or device runs down, it gradually loses power or works more slowly. (机器或装置) 逐渐耗尽能量; 运转渐慢

  例：

  The batteries are running down.

  电池快耗完了。

• 4. 

  PHRASAL VERB If people run down an industry or an organization, they deliberately reduce its size or the amount of work that it does. 缩减

  例：

  The government is cynically running down Sweden's welfare system.

  该政府正在自私地缩减瑞典福利体系。

• 5. 

  PHRASAL VERB If someone runs down an amount of something, they reduce it or allow it to decrease. 减少; 任 (某物的数量) 降低

  例：

  But the survey also revealed firms were running down stocks instead of making new products.

  但该调查也显示各企业正在任其库存减少而不生产新的产品。

• 6. 

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