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新东方-柯林斯雅思备考词典

running

英  [ˈrʌnɪŋ]
    

[ADJ, ADV, NOUN]

    ADJ. 形容词
  • 1. 连续的 , 不断的

    You use running to describe things that continue or keep occurring over a period of time.

    近义词

    ongoing

    双语例句

    例：

    He also began a running feud with Dean Acheson.

    他也开始和艾奇逊院长发生接连不断的争执。

    2. 流水式的

    A running total is a total which changes because numbers keep being added to it as something progresses.

    双语例句

    例：

    He kept a running tally of who had called him, who had visited, who had sent flowers.

    他有一本流水账，记着谁给他打过电话、谁来看望过以及谁送过花。

    3. （水）流动的

    Running water is water that is flowing rather than standing still.

    双语例句

    例：

    The forest was filled with the sound of running water.

    该森林里充满了流水声。

    4. 自来（水）的

    If a house has running water, water is supplied to the house through pipes and taps.

    双语例句

    例：

    a house without electricity or running water in a tiny African village.

    非洲小村庄里一所没有电和自来水的房子。

    ADV. 副词
  • 1. 连续地

    You can use running when indicating that something keeps happening. For example, if something has happened every day for three days, you can say that it has happened for the third day running or for three days running.

    双语例句

    例：

    He said drought had led to severe crop failure for the second year running.

    他说干旱已连续两年导致农作物严重歉收。

    NOUN. 名词
  • 1. [U 不可数名词] 跑

    Running is the activity of moving fast on foot, especially as a sport.

    双语例句

    例：

    We chose to do cross-country running.

    我们选择进行越野赛跑。

    2. [SING 单数型名词] 经营

    The running of something such as a business is the managing or organizing of it.

    双语例句

    例：

    the committee in charge of the day-to-day running of the party.

    负责该党日常运作的委员会。

    PHRASE. 习语

  • in the running , out of the running

    1. 有望获胜/无望获胜

    If someone is in the running for something, they have a good chance of winning or obtaining it. If they are out of the running for something, they have no chance of winning or obtaining it.

    双语例句

    例：

    Until this week he appeared to have ruled himself out of the running because of his age.

    直到本周他似乎才因为自己年龄的关系失去了获胜的可能性。

  • up and running

    1. 正常运转

    If something such as a system or place is up and running, it is operating normally.

    双语例句

    例：

    We're trying to get the medical facilities up and running again.

    我们正在尽力让这些医疗设施恢复正常运转。

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