rundown

run·down /ˈrʌndaʊn/ noun [singular]

1 BBREDUCEthe process of making a business or industry smaller and less important 〔公司或行业等规模的〕缩减

rundown of

the rundown of British Steel’s activities in Scotland

英国钢铁公司在苏格兰业务的缩减

2 SUMMARIZEa quick report or explanation of an idea, situation etc 〔某个想法、情况等的〕简要报告，扼要说明，梗概

rundown on

Connors promised to give me a rundown on local police activity.

康纳斯答应给我简单介绍一下当地警方活动。

Examples from the Corpus

rundown• What follows is a rundown of all the ways one company tries to market its products.• Here is a rundown on the outdoor activities available in the resort.• Here's a rundown of the wines you're most likely to find in local wine stores.• Yartsov and 12 other families who were assigned rundown concrete one-room hovels clustered in a muddy field.• I want a complete rundown of what's been happening while I've been away.• Radical breaks on stamp duty are planned to entice house buyers into rundown areas.• The problem in La Meinau is simply a problem of rundown suburbs, and nothing else.• An old rickety rundown rooming house was the scene of some kind of tragedy.• So maybe he already had the rundown on me when he gave me that sexy sneaky grin that day.• We did it simply by foreseeing the situation and starting the rundown early enough by stopping recruitment.

From Longman Business Dictionary

rundownrun·down /ˈrʌndaʊn/ noun [singular]

1a quick report or explanation of an idea, situation etc

rundown of

Can you give me a rundown of everything you discussed in the meeting?

2when a business or industry is made smaller and less important

The rundown continued and hospitals continued to close.

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