LECTURE 145 基本動(dòng)詞 RUN 4

LECTURE 145 基本動(dòng)詞 RUN 4

詞組講解

1. run sb. or sth. down / run down sb. or sth. *** 查出，搜到；把某人或某物撞倒；誹謗，詆毀；耗盡

解 短語動(dòng)詞；詞義溯源：［向下（down）］驅(qū)趕某人或使某人或某物成為［不好的、下降的（down）］狀態(tài)

例 For maximum battery life, turn off your laptop computer when you won't be using it for more than a half hour. Placing the computer in the “Suspend” mode does not stop the batteries from running down. So make a practice of turning it off when you take a long break and you'll save battery power.

2. run sb. ragged ** （因過度工作而）精疲力竭；使某人極度疲憊

解 〈口〉習(xí)語；詞義溯源：使某人成為［精疲力竭的（ragged）］狀態(tài)

例 You got a summer job at the Dairy King? Don't you know about them? They have a reputation for working their employees pretty hard. Lisa Thornton—do you know her? Well anyway, she worked there last summer and she said they ran her ragged. If I were you, I'd find something else.

3. run scared ** 小心翼翼，戰(zhàn)戰(zhàn)兢兢

解 〈口〉習(xí)語；詞義溯源：成為［被嚇到的、害怕的（sacred）］狀態(tài)；通常用于描述參加競(jìng)選的人

例 Though he's trying hard not to show it, the leader of the Angel's Souls gang is running scared. We've taken control of at least 30% of his territory in this city and have pushed him completely out of the business district. He's putting up a brave front , but deep down he knows the end is coming.

4. run short of sth. / run short ** 快用完，快耗盡

解 習(xí)語；詞義溯源：成為［不足的、不夠的（short）］狀態(tài)

例 Notice All Employees: Please think before photocopying. We're running short of photocopy paper and don't expect a resupply until late next week. Decide whether you really need to make a copy, reduce the number of copies you make and be sure to prepare the copying machine so that no copies are wasted.

5. run 〔drive〕 sth. into the ground ** 徹底擊?。话涯呈伦鲞^頭；使精疲力竭

解 〈口〉習(xí)語；詞義溯源：把某物趕到［地（ground）］里面

例 Farmers in this country have no mercy for their work animals. They'll work a beast of burden until it dies of sheer exhaustion. Animal rights groups have complained about their callous treatment, but nothing's ever changed. They just keep running the poor animals into the ground.

鞏固練習(xí)

(A) running...down

(B) run...ragged

(C) running scared

(D) running short of

(E) run...into the ground

1. A: Hey, why are we only getting two loaves of bread this week? The government guaranteed us all four loaves a week. B: Sorry, but the bakery is ______ wheat flour. So only two loaves. A: Their supply is low because of our crooked officials who sell the flour to foreign countries. Let them do without ! I demand four loaves. I can't feed my family with only two.

2. A: What's up? You looked really tired. Is your new job ______ you ______? B: You said it. Damn, if I had known that working in an office could exhaust you the way it does, I never would have taken the job. The job's making me lose my health.

3. A: I could have told you working for Three Moon Co. would ______ you ______. They make everybody stay late and work long hours. B: Yeah, and they make us do so much that we're all exhausted by day's end.

4. A: Overexposure, that's what it is. We've used the motto so much that people have gotten tired of hearing it and it's no longer effective. B: Okay, so we've ______ it ______. What's next?

5. A: You've got Hutton Heavy Industries nervous that something bad is going to happen if they don't win that contract. They're ______! B: And they should be—we're going to crush them!

■ ANSWER

1. (D)

2. (A)

3. (B)

4. (E)

5. (C)

參考譯文

I. 1. 為保證電池達(dá)到最長(zhǎng)的使用壽命，若超過半小時(shí)不使用筆記本電腦請(qǐng)關(guān)機(jī)。將電腦設(shè)置成“待機(jī)”狀態(tài)并不會(huì)停止消耗電池。所以，較長(zhǎng)時(shí)間不使用時(shí)，請(qǐng)養(yǎng)成關(guān)電腦的習(xí)慣，以節(jié)省電池的電力。

2. 你在“乳品王”做暑期工嗎？你是不了解他們嗎？他們剝削員工是出了名的。莉薩·桑頓，你認(rèn)識(shí)她吧？她去年夏天在那里工作過，她說他們讓她疲憊不堪。如果我是你的話，我就找其他工作。

3. 盡管“天使靈魂”幫的頭目努力掩飾，但他還是表現(xiàn)得戰(zhàn)戰(zhàn)兢兢了。我們控制了他在這個(gè)城市至少30%的地盤，并且已經(jīng)完全把他趕出了商業(yè)區(qū)。他裝得很勇敢，實(shí)際上他知道自己已經(jīng)完蛋了。

4. 全體員工請(qǐng)注意：復(fù)印之前請(qǐng)三思。我們的復(fù)印紙快要用完了，到下周晚些時(shí)候才會(huì)補(bǔ)充新紙。請(qǐng)確定你是否真的需要復(fù)印，減少復(fù)印的數(shù)量，并請(qǐng)?zhí)崆皩?fù)印機(jī)準(zhǔn)備好，避免浪費(fèi)紙張。

5. 這個(gè)國(guó)家的農(nóng)民對(duì)為他們工作的牲畜沒有一點(diǎn)同情心。他們驅(qū)使牲畜超負(fù)荷工作，直到累死為止。動(dòng)物權(quán)利組織已經(jīng)對(duì)牲畜們受到的冷酷對(duì)待表示不滿，但是沒有任何作用。他們依然讓這些可憐的動(dòng)物累得筋疲力盡。

II. 1. A：嘿，為什么我們這周只得到了兩塊面包？政府保證每周給我們四塊的。B：抱歉，因?yàn)槊姘甑拿娣劭煲猛炅?，所以只能提供兩塊。A：面粉供應(yīng)之所以不足，是因?yàn)槲覀兡切└瘮〉墓賳T們把面粉都賣給外國(guó)了。沒有面包可不行！我要求四塊面包！兩塊面包根本不能養(yǎng)活我們一家人。

2. A：怎么了？你看起來非常疲憊。是不是新工作讓你筋疲力盡？B：是啊，真是該死。如果我知道在辦公室工作能累成這樣，我才不會(huì)接受這份工作。這份工作會(huì)影響我的健康。

3. A：我本來應(yīng)該告訴你，三月公司會(huì)讓你疲憊不堪的。公司所有人都得熬夜加班，工作很長(zhǎng)時(shí)間。B：是的，他們讓我們做那么多工作，一天下來我們都累垮了。

4. A：曝光度過高，就是這么回事。這個(gè)口號(hào)我們用得太多，人們已經(jīng)厭倦了，所以它已經(jīng)沒有效果了。B：好的，是我們把它用得太多了。下一個(gè)是什么？

5. A：你們讓赫頓重工非常緊張，如果他們拿不到這份合同，就會(huì)有不好的事情發(fā)生。他們一直戰(zhàn)戰(zhàn)兢兢的！B：他們就應(yīng)該這樣——我們要打垮他們！