
run-down
美[rʌndaʊn] 英[rʌndaʊn]
adj. 破旧的;精疲力尽的;耗尽的
英英释义
Adjective- worn and broken down by hard use;
"a creaky shack" "a decrepit bus...its seats held together with friction tape" "a flea-bitten sofa" "a run-down neighborhood" "a woebegone old shack"
- having the spring unwound;
"a run-down watch"
例句
用作形容词(adj.)- The old wagon rattled down the road.破旧的四轮运货马车喀嚓喀嚓地行进在路上。
- We jogged up and down along the bad roads on the old bus.我们坐在破旧的公共汽车里沿着崎岖不平的公路颠簸着行进。
- I noticed that he looked exhausted, but I put it down to the fact that he had been hurrying.我注意到他精疲力尽的样子,但我认为这是因为他一直太紧张了。
- After jumping about on the carpet and twisting the human frame into uncomfotable positions,I sat down at the breakfast table in an exhausted condition.在地毯上乱跳一阵,并把身躯扭曲到令人不舒服的各种姿势以后,我在精疲力尽的情况下坐在早餐桌旁。
- If you leave the car lights on,they will quickly run the battery down.要是你一直汽车灯开着,它们很快会把电瓶里的电耗尽的。
- If oil firms run out of storage capacity before demand begins to pick up, says Mr Currie, prices could yet swoon again.库里说如果石油企业的储油能力在需求上升前就耗尽的话,油价可能再次下跌。