run down

phrasal verb

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run down

to lose power or stop working耗盡能量；停止工作
- The battery has run down.電池沒電了。
to gradually stop functioning or become smaller in size or number逐漸失去作用；萎縮；衰減
- British manufacturing industry has been running down for years.英國的制造業多年來一直在萎縮。
related noun rundown

run something down

to make something lose power or stop working使耗盡能量；使停止工作
- If you leave your headlights on you'll soon run down the battery.如果你讓車頭燈一直亮着，很快就會把電池耗盡。
to make something gradually stop functioning or become smaller in size or number使逐漸失去作用；使萎縮；使衰減
- The company is running down its sales force.公司正在削減銷售人員。
related noun rundown

run somebody/something down

(of a vehicle or its driver車輛或駕駛者) to hit somebody/something and knock them/it to the ground把…撞倒
to criticize somebody/something in an unkind way惡意批評；說…的壞話；貶低
- He's always running her down in front of other people.他總是在别人面前說她的壞話。
to find somebody/something after a search（經過搜尋後）找到

run-down

adjective

/ˌrʌn ˈdaʊn/

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(of a building or place建築物或地方) in very bad condition; that has not been taken care of破敗的；失修的 synonym neglected
- run-down inner-city areas破敗不堪的内城區
- a rather run-down part of town鎮上相當破敗的地區
Topics Buildingsc2
(of a business, etc.商業機構等) not as busy or as active as it used to be衰敗的；不景氣的
- run-down transport services不景氣的交通運輸業
[not before noun] (of a person人) tired or slightly ill, especially from working hard疲憊；略感不適
- to be run-down疲憊不堪
- She got very run-down working such long hours.這麽長時間的工作讓她筋疲力盡。
Topics Illnessc2