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I imagined that arriving here, in run-down Waterbury, from such a place as Oregon, must’ve been like waking from a dream.
我想象他們從俄勒岡州那樣的地方剛來到破敗的沃特伯里時，一定感覺像從美夢中醒來。
He was expected to step up further the security presence in the run-down suburb, as well as in those nearby, in an effort to stop the trouble spreading.
人民都期待他能進(jìn)一步地改善破敗郊區(qū)以及其它一些鄰近地區(qū)的安全狀況，以竭盡所能地阻止動亂繼續(xù)蔓延。
He checked in at the old Chateau élysée, on Franklin Avenue. Clark Gable and Katharine Hepburn had once stayed there, but when Haggis arrived it was a run-down church retreat called the Manor Hotel.
他住進(jìn)富蘭克林大道上的老愛麗舍宮，克拉克蓋博和凱瑟琳赫本曾經(jīng)有一次住過那兒，但是當(dāng)哈吉斯到那兒時，它已經(jīng)是一個破敗的教會收容所，名叫莊園酒店。

And in fact, if you look down- and I'm just going to highlight this portion, I'm not going to run it- but if you look down here, that's exactly what that does.
實(shí)際上，如果你往下看-,我正要強(qiáng)調(diào)這一部分，我不會去運(yùn)行它-,但是如果你看看這兒的話，這個方法確實(shí)就是這么做的。
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If banks get in trouble and they can't pay out -if one bank gets in trouble and can't pay out on its deposits, then that can bring the whole system down because it can cause a panic among investors -among depositors and banks -and create a run on a bank.
如果銀行出現(xiàn)問題而且他們無法支付...,如果一家銀行出現(xiàn)問題,并且無法支付提取的存款,那么這就會使得整個系統(tǒng)崩潰,因?yàn)檫@會在投資者中引起恐慌...,在存款人和銀行中引起恐慌,并且造成銀行擠兌
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Wilde died in 1900, in a run-down Paris hotel, at the age of forty-six.
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If someone is run-down, they are tired or slightly ill.
A run-down building or area is in very poor condition.
A run-down place of business is not as active as it used to be or does not have many customers.
If you give someone a rundown of a group of things or a rundown on something, you give them details about it.