run-off

基本解釋

He now finds himself in the role of potential kingmaker for the run-off.
現(xiàn)在，他發(fā)現(xiàn)自己有可能成爲左右決勝選擧的擁王者。
But he said Tsvangirai would be willing to contest a run-off, if the Commission insists one is required.
但是比提說，如果選擧委員會堅持認爲有必要進行決選，茨萬吉拉伊將願意蓡加。
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They found that 18 of the 48 species in their study were affected by pollution, such as urban waste, fertiliser and pesticide run-off.
他們發(fā)現(xiàn)在他們的研究中，48個種中的18個種受到?jīng)@染（如城市廢棄物及含化肥、殺蟲劑的逕流）的影響。

A candidate needs more than fifty percent of the vote to avoid a run-off election.
Fraud,insecurity and the weather all threaten to make next month's run-off elections difficult for one of the world's newest democracies.
There will be a run-off election in the presidential contest if no candidate captures more than 50 percent of the vote.

Last year Mr Sharpton nearly forced himself into a run-off for the Democrat nomination for mayor.
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If you run off with someone, you secretly go away with them in order to live with them or marry them.
If you run off copies of a piece of writing, you produce them using a machine.
If you say that someone is running off at the mouth, you are criticizing them for talking too much.