LECTURE 145 基本動詞 RUN 4

LECTURE 145 基本動詞 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??；把某事做過頭；使精疲力竭

解 〈口〉習語；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

(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. 為保證電池達到最長的使用壽命，若超過半小時不使用筆記本電腦請關機。將電腦設置成“待機”狀態(tài)并不會停止消耗電池。所以，較長時間不使用時，請養(yǎng)成關電腦的習慣，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，你認識她吧？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，實際上他知道自己已經(jīng)完蛋了。

4. 全體員工請注意：復印之前請三思。我們的復印紙快要用完了，到下周晚些時候才會補充新紙。請確定你是否真的需要復印，減少復印的數(shù)量，并請?zhí)崆皩陀C準備好，避免浪費紙張。

5. 這個國家的農(nóng)民對為他們工作的牲畜沒有一點同情心。他們驅(qū)使牲畜超負荷工作，直到累死為止。動物權利組織已經(jīng)對牲畜們受到的冷酷對待表示不滿，但是沒有任何作用。他們依然讓這些可憐的動物累得筋疲力盡。

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，因為面包店的面粉快要用完了，所以只能提供兩塊。A：面粉供應之所以不足，是因為我們那些腐敗的官員們把面粉都賣給外國了。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，我才不會接受這份工作。這份工作會影響我的健康。

3. A：我本來應該告訴你，三月公司會讓你疲憊不堪的。公司所有人都得熬夜加班，工作很長時間。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。這個口號我們用得太多，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：他們就應該這樣——我們要打垮他們！