b)to get out of control and cause a lot of problems 失控
an age in which global capitalism has run amok
全球资本主义大行其道的时代
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run amok• But speculation about whether he had accomplices has run amok.• No, our kids are not running amok.• There were PeaceRallies in the 1960s, with stone-throwing anarchistsrunning amok.• I think Mum worried that I might run amok and stick my penknifestraight into Katie.• The Zekes come in against the line of P-40s, one runs amok as others erupt in flames.• Double-entendre lyricsrun amok at this sonicstripclub from hell.• Don't let him go running amok, Bill.• Troops were allowed to run amok in the villages.• With Thatcherrunning amok through the welfare state, lobby groups are preoccupieddefending what was once thought unassailable.