单词详解 | run-down

Sagging abandon house in rural prince edward island
Sagging abandon house in rural prince edward island

run-down
音标
美音/ ˌrʌn ˈdaʊn /

听听基本释意:

外刊例句
In a statement released after the hearing, the council said it aimed to “transform a tired and run-down part of the city centre”.
理事会在听证会后发表的一份声明中说,其目的是“改变市中心疲倦而破旧的一部分”。
BBC

Trump backed his Defence secretary, who posted a detailed run-down of the impending military operation to the group chat.
特朗普支持他的国防部长,后者在小组聊天中发布了即将进行的军事行动的详细措施。
BBC

The house, which was once part of a row of buildings, has a run-down exterior but still attracted “a really good level of interest” from across the globe.
这所房子曾经是一排建筑物的一部分,它的外观破旧,但仍然吸引了全球“非常好的兴趣”。
BBC

基本释意
adjective
worn and broken down by hard use
破败的;衰弱的

同义词
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短释义
A dingy neighborhood that’s seen better days can be called run-down, and so can your decrepit apartment building, with its broken elevator, creaky stairs, and windows that don’t close all the way. A person can also be run-down, if he is bent and elderly, or just exhausted from traveling for days or working too many late nights. You can also spell it rundown, although the hyphenated run-down is more common.
使用形容词破旧的形容词来描述如此古老的东西崩溃了,例如殴打的旧汽车或一辆破旧的床垫,弹簧伸出来。

长释义
A dingy neighborhood that’s seen better days can be called run-down, and so can your decrepit apartment building, with its broken elevator, creaky stairs, and windows that don’t close all the way. A person can also be run-down, if he is bent and elderly, or just exhausted from traveling for days or working too many late nights. You can also spell it rundown, although the hyphenated run-down is more common.
一个肮脏的社区可以被称为拆卸,您的衰老公寓楼,其电梯,吱吱作响的楼梯和窗户也不会完全关闭。如果一个人弯腰和老人,或者只是因旅行几天或工作太多的深夜而筋疲力尽,也可以被淘汰。您也可以拼写它的摘要,尽管连字符的分解更为常见。

文学例句
“I need to see some design ideas for when I buy my own run-down house in Bushwick and renovate it,” she says in a dreamy, la-la-land voice.
她用梦幻般的La-lan Land声音说:“当我购买自己的破旧房屋并对其进行翻新时,我需要看到一些设计想法。”
Pride by Ibi Zoboi

Mama would get them settled into an apartment or a run-down little house.
妈妈会让他们定居在公寓或破旧的小房子里。
I Survived the Shark Attacks of 1916 by Lauren Tarshis

We meet up at the Fish Hut, this little run-down spot over on Clover.
我们在鱼屋里见面,这是三叶草在三叶草上的小倒数景点。
On the Come Up by Angie Thomas

词源
run-down(adj.)1866, of persons, “to have the health or strength reduced,” from the verbal phrase; see run (v.) + down (adv.). From 1896 of places, “dilapidated, shabby, seedy;” by 1894 of clocks, etc., “completely unwound.” The earliest sense is “oppressed” (1680s). Compare rundown (n.).
The verbal phrase run down as “have the motive power exhausted” (of clocks, etc.) is by 1761; of persons, etc., “become weak or exhausted,” by 1828. To run (something or someone) down “disparage, abuse” is by 1660s. also from 1866

下面是词源的翻译(机器翻译比较难翻,参考着看)
1866年的失败(adj。),从言语短语中“使健康或力量降低”;请参阅运行(v。) + down(adv。)。从1896年开始,“破旧,破旧,肮脏”;到1894年的时钟等,“完全解开”。最早的感觉是“被压迫”(1680年代)。比较摘要(n。)。口头短语以“使动力耗尽”(时钟等)为1761;到1828年,人类等人“变得虚弱或疲惫”。到1660年代奔跑(某物或某人)降低“贬低,虐待”。也从1866年开始


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