run-down
n (usu sing 通常作单数)
1 act of running down (an industry, a company, etc); reduction of the size of an industry, etc (工业、 公司等的)紧缩, 缩减
the government's gradual run-down of the coal industry 政府对煤炭工业所采取的逐渐紧缩的做法.
2 ~ (of/on sth) (infml 口) detailed analysis or description (of sth) 详细的分析或描述
give sb/get a run-down on sth 做出[得到]某事物的详细汇报
I want a complete run-down on the situation. 我需要一份有关形势的全面的分析报告. run-down, adj
1 in bad condition; dilapidated; neglected 破损的; 破败的; 失修的
a ,run-down `area, `town, `industry, `house 衰败的地区、 衰落的城市、 衰退的工业、 破损的房子
The whole district is in a terribly run-down state. 这整个地区都已破败不堪.
2 tired and slightly ill, esp from working hard 疲惫的, 衰弱的 尤指因劳累
be, feel, get run-down 筋疲力尽
You look pretty run-down; why don't you take a holiday? 你看上去气色不佳, 何不去度假?
adv. (坐、倒、躺)下;向下;(表示范围或顺序的限度)下至;
prep. (从高处)向下;(表示位置)在…的下方;(表示方向)沿着…向下;(表示时间)自…以来;
adj. 向下的;沮丧的;计算机或计算机系统停机;(以…)落后于对手的;
n. (鸟的)绒羽;绒毛;软毛;汗毛;
vt. 放下;(尤指大口或快速地)喝下;使摔倒;击落(敌机等);
vi. [常用于祈使句中]下去;下来;卧倒;下降;
🗣️ 情景例句
Birds of a feather flock together.
物以类聚。
The smith is making shoes for a horse while braining his cat.
铁匠在煅马蹄铁时,他的猫听得头铛铛作响。
And so with solids such as a shell, a nut, a plum, a pear, a tadpole, a mushroom, a mountain peak, a kidney, a carrot, a tree-trunk, a bird, a bud, a lark, a ladybird, a bulrush, a bone.