run

1. V-T/V-I When you run, you move more quickly than when you walk, for example because you are in a hurry to get somewhere, or for exercise. 跑

I excused myself and ran back to the telephone. 我道了歉，跑回去接電話。

He ran the last block to the White House with two cases of gear. 他帶著兩箱工具跑過(guò)最后一個(gè)街區(qū)到了白宮。

2. V-T/V-I When someone runs in a race, they run in competition with other people. 參加…賽跑; 賽跑

...when I was running in the New York Marathon. …當(dāng)我正參加紐約馬拉松賽跑時(shí)。

He ran a tremendous race. 他參加了一場(chǎng)大規(guī)模賽跑。

3. V-T/V-I When a horse runs in a race or when its owner runs it, it competes in a race. 使 (馬) 參加比賽; (馬) 參加比賽

He was overruled by the owner, Peter Bolton, who insisted on Cool Ground running in the Gold Cup. 他的意見(jiàn)被堅(jiān)持讓酷地參加金杯賽的主人彼得?博爾頓否決了。

4. V-I If you say that something long, such as a road, runs in a particular direction, you are describing its course or position. You can also say that something runs the length or width of something else. (道路等) 延伸

...the sun-dappled trail which ran through the beech woods. …一條穿過(guò)山毛櫸樹(shù)林的陽(yáng)光斑駁的小路。

5. V-T If you run a wire or tube somewhere, you attach it or pull it from, to, or across a particular place. 鋪設(shè) (電線、管道等)

Our host ran a long extension cord out from the house and set up a screen and a projector. 我們的主人從那所房子里牽出了一條長(zhǎng)的延長(zhǎng)導(dǎo)線，安置了一塊屏幕和一個(gè)投影儀。

6. V-T If you run your hand or an object through something, you move your hand or the object through it. 移動(dòng)

He laughed and ran his fingers through his hair. 他大笑了并用手指梳理他的頭發(fā)。

7. V-T If you run something through a machine, process, or series of tests, you make it go through the machine, process, or tests. 運(yùn)行

They have gathered the best statistics they can find and run them through their own computers. 他們已經(jīng)搜集了他們所能找到的最佳數(shù)據(jù)并將其在他們自己的電腦里運(yùn)行。

8. V-I If someone runs for office in an election, they take part as a candidate. 競(jìng)選

It was only last February that he announced he would run for president. 直到去年2月他才宣布自己將競(jìng)選總統(tǒng)。

It is no easy job to run against John Glenn, Ohio's Democratic senator. 與俄亥俄州民主黨參議員約翰?格倫競(jìng)選絕非易事。

9. V-T If you run something such as a business or an activity, you are in charge of it or you organize it. 經(jīng)營(yíng); 管理

His stepfather ran a prosperous paint business. 他的繼父曾經(jīng)營(yíng)一家生意興旺的涂料公司。

...a well-run, profitable organization. …一家經(jīng)營(yíng)很好的贏利機(jī)構(gòu)。

10. V-I If you talk about how a system, an organization, or someone's life is running, you are saying how well it is operating or progressing. 運(yùn)作; 運(yùn)轉(zhuǎn)[usu cont]

Officials in charge of the camps say the system is now running extremely smoothly. 負(fù)責(zé)營(yíng)房的官員說(shuō)這一體制目前運(yùn)作得相當(dāng)順利。

11. V-T/V-I If you run an experiment, computer program, or other process, or start it running, you start it and let it continue. 進(jìn)行; 運(yùn)行

He ran a lot of tests and it turned out I had an infection called mycoplasma. 他進(jìn)行了許多化驗(yàn)，結(jié)果證明我感染了支原體病毒。

12. V-T/V-I When a machine is running or when you are running it, it is switched on and is working. 使 (機(jī)器) 運(yùn)轉(zhuǎn); (機(jī)器) 運(yùn)轉(zhuǎn)[usu cont]

We told him to wait out front with the engine running. 我們告訴他在入口外等候，不要熄火。

13. V-I A machine or equipment that runs on or off a particular source of energy functions using that source of energy. 運(yùn)轉(zhuǎn)

The buses run on diesel. 這些公共汽車(chē)使用的是柴油。

14. V-I When you say that vehicles such as trains and buses run from one place to another, you mean they regularly travel along that route. 行駛

A shuttle bus runs frequently between the inn and the country club. 一輛區(qū)間往返公共汽車(chē)頻繁地往來(lái)于小客棧與鄉(xiāng)村俱樂(lè)部之間。

15. V-T If you run someone somewhere in a car, you drive them there. (開(kāi)車(chē)) 送[非正式]

Could you run me up to Baltimore?

你能開(kāi)車(chē)送我去巴爾的摩嗎？

16. V-I If you run over or down to a place that is quite near, you drive there. 駕車(chē)去[非正式]

I'll run over to Short Mountain and check on Mrs. Adams. 我將開(kāi)車(chē)去肖特山看看亞當(dāng)斯夫人。

17. V-I If a liquid runs in a particular direction, it flows in that direction. (液體) 流

Tears were running down her cheeks. 淚水當(dāng)時(shí)正沿著她的臉頰流下。

18. V-T If you run water, or if you run a faucet or a bath, you cause water to flow from a faucet. 從水管放 (水)

She went to the sink and ran water into her empty glass. 她走到了洗滌槽邊，往空玻璃杯里灌水。

19. V-I If a faucet or a bath is running, water is coming out of a faucet. 流水[only cont]

The kitchen sink had been stopped up and the faucet left running, so water spilled over onto the floor. 那廚房的洗滌槽堵塞了，而水龍頭在那里流水，所以水溢滿流到了地板上。

20. V-I If your nose is running, liquid is flowing out of it, usually because you have a cold. 流鼻涕[usu cont]

Timothy was crying, mostly from exhaustion, and his nose was running. 蒂莫西在哭，主要是因?yàn)樘哿?，而且在流鼻涕?/p>

21.  V-I If a surface is running with a liquid, that liquid is flowing down it. 流下[usu cont]

After an hour he realized he was completely running with sweat. 一個(gè)小時(shí)后，他發(fā)現(xiàn)自己已是大汗淋漓。

22.  V-T/V-I When you run a cassette or videotape or when it runs, it moves through the machine as the machine operates. 播放

Leaphorn pushed the play button again, ran the tape, pushed stop, pushed rewind. 利福恩又按下播放按鈕，播放了磁帶，接著按了停止鍵，然后又按下倒帶鍵。

23.  V-I If the dye in some cloth or the ink on some paper runs, it comes off or spreads when the cloth or paper gets wet. 滲開(kāi)

The ink had run on the wet paper. 墨跡在那張濕紙上滲開(kāi)了。

24.  V-I If a feeling runs through your body or a thought runs through your mind, you experience it or think it quickly. (感覺(jué)) 傳遍; (念頭) 掠過(guò)

She felt a surge of excitement run through her. 她感到一陣激動(dòng)傳遍全身。

25.  V-I If a feeling or noise runs through a group of people, it spreads among them. (感受、噪音等) 傳開(kāi)

A buzz of excitement ran through the crowd. 一陣興奮的嗡嗡聲在人群中蔓延開(kāi)來(lái)。

26.  V-I If a theme or feature runs through something such as someone's actions or writing, it is present in all of it. 貫穿

Another thread running through this series is the role of doctors in the treatment of the mentally ill. 貫穿這部連續(xù)劇的另一主線是醫(yī)生們?cè)谛睦砑膊』颊叩闹委熯^(guò)程中的作用。

27.  V-T/V-I When newspapers or magazines run a particular item or story or if it runs, it is published or printed. 刊登; 發(fā)表

The New Orleans Times-Picayune ran a series of four scathing editorials entitled "The Choice of Our Lives."

《新奧爾良時(shí)代花絮報(bào)》連續(xù)刊登了題為“我們生活的選擇”的4篇尖刻的社論。

28.  V-I If an amount is running at a particular level, it is at that level. 處于 (某一水平)

Today's figures show inflation running at 10.9 percent. 今天的數(shù)據(jù)顯示通貨膨脹率為10.9%。

29.  V-I If a play, event, or legal contract runs for a particular period of time, it lasts for that period of time. (戲劇、事件、法律合同等) 延續(xù)

It pleased critics but ran for only three months on Broadway. 它得到了評(píng)論家的好評(píng)，但在百老匯只上演了3個(gè)月。

The contract was to run from 1992 to 2020. 該合同從1992年至2020年有效。

V-I If someone or something is running late, they have taken more time than had been planned. If they are running on time or ahead of time, they have taken the time planned or less than the time planned. 進(jìn)展[usu cont]

Tell her I'll call her back later, I'm running late again. 告訴她我待會(huì)兒再給她回電話，我又要晚了。

V-T If you are running a temperature or a fever, you have a high temperature because you are ill. 患

The little girl is running a fever and she needs help. 這個(gè)小女孩正在發(fā)燒，她需要幫助。

→see also running

V-T

1. N-COUNT A run is a time when you move somewhere on foot more quickly than when you walk, usually for exercise. 跑步

After a six-mile run, Jackie returns home for a substantial breakfast. 6英里跑之后，杰基回家吃一頓豐盛的早餐。

2. N-SING A run for office is an attempt to be elected to office. 競(jìng)選[美國(guó)英語(yǔ)] [N 'for' n]

He was already preparing his run for the presidency. 他已經(jīng)在為總統(tǒng)競(jìng)選做準(zhǔn)備。

3. N-COUNT A run is a trip somewhere. 出行

...doing the morning school run. …早上去學(xué)校。

4. N-COUNT A run of a play or television programme is the period of time during which performances are given or programmes are shown. (戲劇或電視節(jié)目的) 演出期; 播放期

The show will transfer to Broadway on October 9, after a month's run in Philadelphia. 這出戲在費(fèi)城為期一個(gè)月的演出之后，將于10月9日轉(zhuǎn)到百老匯上演。

5. N-SING A run of successes or failures is a series of successes or failures. 一連串 (成功或失敗)

The team is haunted by a run of low scores. 這個(gè)隊(duì)被一連串的低分所折磨。

6. N-COUNT A run of a product is the amount that a company or factory decides to produce at one time. (產(chǎn)品的) 批量

Wayne plans to increase the print run to 1,000. 韋恩計(jì)劃將印量增加到1千冊(cè)。

7. N-COUNT In baseball or cricket, a run is a score of one, which is made by players running between marked places on the field after hitting the ball. (棒球或板球比賽中跑動(dòng)得到的) 一分

The Padres scored four runs off Terry Adams in the last 2 innings. 在最后2個(gè)回合中，教士隊(duì)力挫特里?亞當(dāng)斯，跑壘得4分。

8. N-SING If someone gives you the run of a place, they give you permission to go where you like in it and use it as you wish. (對(duì)某地的) 使用權(quán)

He had the run of the house and the pool. 他曾有這座房子和游泳池的使用權(quán)。

9. N-SING If there is a run on something, a lot of people want to buy it or get it at the same time. 搶購(gòu); 爭(zhēng)先獲取

A run on the dollar has killed off hopes of a rate cut. 對(duì)美元的擠兌使降息徹底無(wú)望了。

10. N-COUNT A run is a hole or torn part in a woman's stocking or tights, where some the vertical threads have broken, leaving only the horizontal threads. (長(zhǎng)筒襪或連褲襪的) 抽絲

11. N-COUNT A ski run or bobsled run is a course or route that has been designed for skiing or for riding in a bobsled. (滑雪或乘雪橇的) 滑道

...an avalanche on Colorado's highest ski run. …一次在科羅拉多州最高的滑雪道上發(fā)生的雪崩。

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1. PHRASE If you run someone a close second, or run a close second, you almost beat them in a race or competition. (比賽中) 以極小劣勢(shì)位居第二

While "Nightly" has led in the ratings all season, "World News Tonight" is running a close second. 《晚間新聞》全年收視率名列前茅，而《今夜世界新聞》緊隨其后。

2. PHRASE If a river or well runs dry, it no longer has any water in it. If an oil well runs dry, it no longer produces any oil. (河流、井) 干涸; (油井) 枯竭

Streams had run dry for the first time in memory. 溪流在記憶中第一次干涸了。

3. PHRASE If a source of information or money runs dry, no more information or money can be obtained from it. (信息或資金) 枯竭

Three days into production, the kitty had run dry. 投產(chǎn)3天，資金已經(jīng)用完了。

4. PHRASE If a characteristic runs in someone's family, it often occurs in members of that family, in different generations. 在某人的家族中遺傳

The insanity which ran in his family haunted him. 家族世代相襲的精神病令他惴惴不安。

5. PHRASE If you make a run for it or if you run for it, you run away in order to escape from someone or something. 逃離

A helicopter hovered overhead as one of the gang made a run for it. 那伙人中的一個(gè)逃跑的時(shí)候，一架直升飛機(jī)在頭頂上空盤(pán)旋。

6. PHRASE If people's feelings are running high, they are very angry, concerned, or excited. (情緒) 高漲

Feelings there have been running high in the wake of last week's killing. 緊隨上周殺人事件之后，那里已是群情激憤。

7. PHRASE If you talk about what will happen in the long run, you are saying what you think will happen over a long period of time in the future. If you talk about what will happen in the short run, you are saying what you think will happen in the near future. 從長(zhǎng)期/短期來(lái)看

Sometimes expensive drugs or other treatments can be economical in the long run. 有時(shí)昂貴的藥物或其他療法從長(zhǎng)遠(yuǎn)來(lái)看是省錢(qián)的。

8. PHRASE If you say that someone could give someone else a run for their money, you mean you think they are almost as good as the other person. 幾乎比得上某人

...a youngster who even now could give Meryl Streep a run for her money. …一位現(xiàn)在就幾乎能與梅里爾?斯特里普相媲美的年輕人。

9. PHRASE If someone is on the run, they are trying to escape or hide from someone such as the police or an enemy. 在逃

Fifteen-year-old Danny is on the run from a juvenile detention centre. 15歲的丹尼從少年犯拘留所逃了出來(lái)。

10. PHRASE If someone is on the run, they are being severely defeated in a contest or competition. 慘敗

I knew I had him on the run. 我知道我已打得他落花流水。

11. PHRASE If you are running short of something or running low on something, you do not have much of it left. If a supply of something is running short or running low, there is not much of it left. 所剩無(wú)幾

Government forces are running short of ammunition and fuel. 政府軍所剩彈藥和燃料已不多。

12. to run deep→see deep

13. to run an errand→see errand

14. to run the gauntlet→see gauntlet

15. to run riot→see riot

16. to run a risk→see risk