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run1 /rʌn/ ●●● S1 W1 verb (past tensepst ran /ræn/, past participlepp run, present participle running)  
1  move quickly using your legs 奔跑RUN
a) [intransitiveI] to move very quickly, by moving your legs more quickly than when you walk 跑，奔跑
run down/up/to/towards etc
 I ran down the stairs as fast as I could.
我尽可能快地跑下楼梯。
 He was running towards the door.
他正朝着门口跑去。
 She turned and ran away.
她转身跑掉了。
 The boys ran off into the crowd.
男孩们跑进了人群。
run to do something
 Several people ran to help her when she fell.
她摔倒了，好几个人跑去扶她。
 The children came running out of the house.
孩子们从屋里跑出来。
 Women ran screaming, with children in their arms.
妇女们抱着孩子，一边跑一边尖叫。
 Jane struggled free and ran for her life (=ran in order to avoid being killed).
简挣脱出来，赶紧逃命。
 Hurry! Run for it (=run as quickly as possible in order to escape)!
快！ 快逃！
 He picked up the child and ran like hell (=ran very quickly, especially in order to escape).
他抱起孩子，拼命奔逃。
not polite
b) [transitiveT] to run a particular distance 跑〔某段距离〕
 Firefighters are to run 500km to raise money for a children’s charity.
消防人员将跑500公里，为一个儿童慈善机构筹款。
 He ran the length of the corridor.
他从走廊的这头跑到另一头。
2  race 赛跑
a) [intransitiveI, transitiveT]DSO to run in a race 参加（赛跑）
 I’d never run a marathon before.
我以前从未参加过马拉松比赛。
run in
 Murray has said she will consider running in the 3000 metres.
默里说她将考虑参加3,000米赛跑。
b) [transitiveT]DSO if a race is run at a particular time or in a particular place, it happens at that time or in that place 举行〔比赛〕
 The Derby will be run at 3 o'clock.
德比马赛将于3点钟举行。
n Grammar
Run is usually passive in this meaning.
3  organize/be in charge of 组织/掌管 [transitiveT]CONTROL to organize or be in charge of an activity, business, organization, or country 组织；掌管；管理；经营
 For a while, she ran a restaurant in Boston.
有一段时间她在波士顿开餐馆。
 Many people don’t care who runs the country.
很多人不在乎由谁统治国家。
 Courses are currently being run in London and Edinburgh.
目前伦敦和爱丁堡两地都开设了这些课程。
 Many people belong to a pension scheme run by their employers.
许多人参加了由雇主管理的养老金计划。
well/badly run
 The hotel is well-run and extremely popular.
这家酒店经营得很好，十分受欢迎。
 a state-run (=controlled by the government) television station
国营电视台
► see thesaurus at control
4  RUNdo STH/go somewhere quickly 快速做某事/到某处 [intransitiveI] to do something or go somewhere quickly 迅速做；赶快去
5  buses/trains etc 公共汽车/火车等
6  computers 计算机TD
7  machine/engine 机器/引擎
8  tape 磁带
9  newspaper/television 报纸/电视
10  fast/out of control 快速/失控 [intransitiveI always + adverbadv/prepositionprep]FAST/QUICK to move too fast or in an uncontrolled way 快速移动；失控
11  use a vehicle 使用车辆 [transitiveT] especially British EnglishBrETTC to own and use a vehicle 拥有并使用
12  take SB in your car 开车送某人 [transitiveT always + adverbadv/prepositionprep] informalTAKE/BRING to take someone somewhere in your car 开车送 SYN drive
13  in an election 选举中 [intransitiveI] especially American EnglishAmEPPVVOTE/ELECT to try to be elected in an election 参加竞选 SYN British English stand
14  STH long 长的东西 [intransitiveI, transitiveT always + adverbadv/prepositionprep]DNTTR if something long such as a road or wire runs in a particular direction, that is its position, or that is where you put it （使）延伸
15  move STH on a surface 在表面移动某物 [transitiveT always + adverbadv/prepositionprep]RUB to move something lightly along a surface 〔在表面〕轻轻移动
16  flow 流动 [intransitiveI always + adverbadv/prepositionprep]LIQUID to flow in a particular direction or place 向〔某方向或某地〕流动
17  tap 龙头 [intransitiveI, transitiveT]DHH if a tap is running, water is coming out of it, or if you run a tap, you make water come out of it （使）〔水从龙头〕流出
18  run a bath DHHto fill a bath with water 往浴缸里放水
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run somebody a bath• At five-thirty they made gentle love; then Felicity ran a bath.• Christine eased out of bed and into the bathroom and ran a hot bath.• Skin brushing need take no longer than five minutes each time and can be done while you run the bath.• She ran her bath, cut her nails viciously one by one.• She changed into her dressing-gown as Ronnie ran the bath for her.• She ran the bath, loading it with bubble-bath, and sank down into the water.• Marigold was running a bath, stepping into the water.• Claudia ran Dana's bath, testing the water carefully.
19. SB’s nose 某人的鼻子 [intransitiveI]HBH if someone’s nose is running, liquid is flowing out of it 流鼻涕
20  official papers 官方文件 [intransitiveI]USE something if something runs for a particular length of time, it can officially be used for that time 有效，可以合法使用
21  play/film 戏剧/电影 [intransitiveI]APTAMF to continue being performed regularly in one place 〔在某处〕连续上演
22  happen 发生 [intransitiveI]PLAN to happen in a particular way or at a particular time 〔以某种方式或在某个时间〕发生
23  amount/price 数量/价格 [intransitiveI] to be at a particular level, amount, or price 处于，达到〔某个水平、数量或价格〕
24  story/account etc 故事/叙述等 [intransitiveI, transitiveT]STORY if a story, discussion etc runs in a particular way, it has those particular words or events 包含〔某种词或事情〕
25  run its course HAPPENif something runs its course, it continues in the way you expect until it has finished 顺其发展〔直至结束〕
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run its course• We would let his interest run its course.• But meiosis in eggs may take half a century to run its course.• Her academic job had run its course.• Indeed, the recent pickup in some measures of wages suggests that the transition may already be running its course.• It is by no means clear that the process of financial innovation has run its course.• One useful source was the huge number of glossy magazines about money that had proliferated as the yuppy decade ran its course.• That agency opted to let nature run its course.• Greenspan suggested the recession might run its course by midyear.• Once the disease has run its course, it's not likely to return.• Now, as the debilitating treatment runs its course, Vivian's intellectual skills no longer serve her.
26  something will run and run British EnglishBrECONTINUE/NOT STOP if a subject, discussion, event etc will run and run, people will continue to be interested in it for a long time 〔话题、讨论、事件等〕将持续很长时间
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something will run and run• It is definitely an occasion that will run and run and the teams are looking forward to next year already.• And like the film Jaws, true or false, this is a story that will run and run.• This question will run and run.
27  thoughts/feelings 思想/感觉 [intransitiveI always + adverbadv/prepositionprep]THINK something/HAVE A THOUGHT if a feeling runs through you, or a thought runs through your mind, you feel it or think it quickly 掠过
28  run high EMOTIONALif feelings run high, people are very angry, upset, excited etc 〔情绪〕激动；不安
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run high• And moral outrage at the use of simple expedients can still run high.• At that news, excitement among scientists ran high.• Buyer interest in Pebble Beach has always run high.• The courts served as a safety-valve, acting as an alternative to violence when emotions ran high.• People seem confused, tensions run high, and constant crisis is a fact of organizational life.• All day Saturday, tensions ran high as the president alternated intense cabinet meetings with bouts of seclusion.• Actual monthly charges often run higher, however, because on-line services charge more for extra hours of use.• Later bravado runs high to disguise their feelings and some of them exploit the situation for gain.
29  run somebody’s life informalADVISE to keep telling someone what they should do all the time, in a way that annoys them 对某人的生活不断指手画脚
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run somebody’s life• Don't try to run my life!
30  run for cover 
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run for cover• At the sound of gunfire, people ran for cover.• The neighborhood children will run for cover.• Signs of trouble on Wall Street sent investors running for cover.• I managed to land on all fours and started to run for cover.• Panicked marchers and onlookers ran for cover.• All the fish in the country will have to run for cover after what happened to me this week!• Populations of wild game ran for cover, and were subsequently replaced by domesticated livestock.• Below, people were running for cover as bits of machinery rained down.• I explained all that to Chatterton, but stressed that we would run for cover at the first sign of trouble.• The Doctor ran for cover, grabbing the poet's sleeve and pulling him to the side.
31  colour in clothes 衣服上的颜色 [intransitiveI]SPREAD if colour runs, it spreads from one piece of clothing or one area of cloth to another when the clothes are wet 渗色，掉色
32. paint/ink 油漆/墨水 [intransitiveI]SPREAD if paint runs, it moves onto an area where you did not intend it to go 渗开
33  run a check/test/experiment etc CHECK/MAKE SUREto arrange for someone or something to be checked or tested 做检查/测试/实验等
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run on• I also ran a check on my own records, I should add.• It had been switched off after two senior doctors had twice run tests on the patient before declaring him dead.
34. hole in clothes 衣服上的洞 [intransitiveI]DCCHOLE if a hole in tights or stockings runs, it gets bigger in a straight line 〔裤袜、长筒袜等〕脱线，抽丝
35. run drugs/guns SCCto bring drugs or guns into a country illegally in order to sell them 走私毒品/枪支 → drug runner, gun-running
36  run in the family SSFFAMILYif something such as a quality, disease, or skill runs in the family, many people in that family have it 〔某种品质、疾病、技能等〕在家族中遗传，是家族特征
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run in the family• Asthma seems to run in our family.• Good looks must run in the family.• And yet great passions, or the tendency to them, seemed to run in the family.• Best not to say anything about it running in the family.• It's more of a case of maintaining form while others struggle, and it often runs in the family.• Jimmy Souness, who was a school cleaner, had a history of heart disease which runs in the family.• The truth was that deafness ran in the family.• Writing books about grandparents seems to run in the family.• Twins run in the family, so it didn't surprise us when we heard the news.
37. run a temperature/fever MIto have a body temperature that is higher than normal, because you are ill 发烧
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run a temperature/fever• By Sunday morning she was running a temperature.• Lice are very temperature-sensitive and will leave a body which is running a fever.• Lips all cracked, glassy eyes, running a temperature.• No wonder she was running a temperature!• She wasn't tipsy, just a little high, probably running a fever.• I think he's running a temperature, and he's off his food.• Not running a temperature, are you?• Next morning he ran a temperature but insisted on getting up.• The baby was fussing and running a fever, so I called the doctor.
38  run a mile informalAVOID to try very hard to avoid a particular situation or person because you do not want to deal with them 尽量避而远之，躲得远远的
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run a mile• If anyone had told her then that one day she would join the royal family she would have run a mile.• You could run a mile, but you're too disciplined and responsible for that.• Could you walk two miles in thirty minutes or run a mile in ten or twelve minutes?• And though injured himself he ran a mile over rough terrain to fetch help.• Luke Hunter would probably run a mile rather than meet her again.
39  run late/early/on time LATEto arrive, go somewhere, or do something late, early, or at the right time 晚了/早了/准时
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run late/early/on time• Don called - he's running late, so we'll start without him.• He makes our trains run on time.• In other words: - Keep the job running on time.• Maybe she could get the London Underground to run on time?• Station refurbishment seems a mere insult when the trains don't run on time.• Passenger trains never ran on time now.
40  be running scared WORRIEDto feel worried because someone who you are competing against is becoming very successful or powerful 〔因对手越来越成功或强大而〕担心，烦恼
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be running scared• Their new software has the competition running scared.• Then why is it that Chretien appears to be running scared?• To me, ti just looks like the fools are running scared.• Whenever managers were laid off, he sensed in the ranks ever-higher levels of anxiety Even those who remained were running scared.
41  come running 
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run to• But even so, why had he not come running to find out what was happening?• At once there came running to her from all directions a pack of great wolves.• I had to stay there without moving a finger, until Glumdalclitch came running to rescue me.• When children came running to them for sweets, they scythed them down with automatic fire.• It was wrong of me to come running to you.
42  run your eyes over/along etc something LOOK ATto look quickly at something 扫视某物，浏览某物
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run your eyes over/along etc something• The customs officers run their eyes over us as if we weren't there.
43  run before you can walk to try to do something difficult before you have learned the basic skills you need 不会走就想跑
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run before you can walk• I think too that she wants to run before she can walk.• Just don't try to run before you can walk.• Try to be honest with your use of the table and don't attempt to run before you can walk.
44. run a (red) light informal to drive quickly through a red traffic light instead of stopping 闯红灯
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run a (red) light• An old man who worked in a poultry store was stopped for running a light.• Jones still faces a misdemeanor charge of reckless driving and an infraction for running a red light.• When you run a red light, a few coins save a fine.• The bigger issue is, will San Franciscans still be allowed to run red lights across Market Street?• The running lights flashed off and a thick silence filled up the day.• Men are more likely to run a red light, forget to signal, or drink and drive.• It was going to sea with only its running lights on.• For every motorist who runs a red light, there are five pedestrians who do it.
→ running1, → cut and run at cut1(38), → be/run/go counter to something at counter3, → run deep at deep2(4), → run dry at dry1(4), → run low at low1(4), → run somebody ragged at ragged(5), → run rings around somebody at ring1(8), → run riot at riot1(2), → be running short at short3(2), → run somebody/something to earth at earth1(14), → run to fat at fat2(6), → run somebody/something to ground at ground1(19), → run to seed at seed1(4), → run wild at wild2(1), → be up and running at up1(22)
 THESAURUS
run to move very quickly, by moving your legs more quickly than when you walk 跑
My five-year-old son runs everywhere.
我五岁大的儿子到处跑。
I go running twice a week.
我一星期跑步两次。
jog to run quite slowly for exercise over a long distance 慢跑
A few people were jogging in the park.
一些人在公园里慢跑。
race/dash to run somewhere as quickly as you can, especially because you have to do something urgently 飞奔
He dashed across the road to the police station.
他飞快地穿过马路奔向警察局。
We raced to the bus stop and got there just in time.
我们奔到公共汽车站，好赶上。
sprint to run as fast as you can for a short distance 〔短距离〕冲刺
I saw the runners sprinting past.
我看到选手们冲了过去。
He sprinted up the stairs.
他飞奔上楼。
tear to run very quickly and without really looking where you are going, because you are in a hurry 狂奔
He tore down the street and around the corner.
他在街上飞奔，然后转过街角。
charge to run quickly and with a lot of energy, so that you might knock down anyone or anything that gets in your way 猛冲
They all charged out of the school gates at 4 o'clock.
一到4点，他们全都冲出校门。
nDennis charged through the door into my office.
take to your heels to start running away very quickly, especially to escape or because you are afraid 逃跑
The men took to their heels as soon as they saw the police.
那些男子一看到警察就逃。
nleg it British EnglishBrE informal to run away very quickly, in order to escape from someone or something
I legged it before the cops came.
nlope especially literary to run easily with long steps – used especially about tall people with long legs
John loped across the street to meet me.
animals running 动物跑
trot to run fairly slowly, taking short steps – used especially about horses and dogs 〔尤指马和狗〕小跑
A little dog was trotting behind her.
一只小狗跟在她身后跑。
gallop if a horse gallops, it runs very quickly 〔马〕飞跑
The horse galloped off across the field.
那匹马飞奔穿过田野。
bolt to suddenly run somewhere very fast, especially in order to escape 〔尤为了逃跑〕（突然）飞奔
Suddenly a fox bolted out from beneath a hedge.
突然，一只狐狸从树篱下逃窜出来。
 PHRASAL VERBS
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run• Ellis has not yet announced whether or not he will run.• I've never run a marathon before.• Christina runs a restaurant in Houston.• Her dog was running after a rabbit and did not hear her calling.• A stream runs along the bottom of the field.• The servant was frightened and ran away.• They ran back and found Alice had been struck dead by lighting.• a drug counselling service that is run by ex-addicts• Caltrain runs commuter trains to San Jose.• Mr Elliott suffered both internal and external injuries when he was allegedly run down twice by a car at the weekend.• I think I'll probably run for about 40 minutes, then come back for a shower.• I ran four miles Saturday, and I can tell you I was exhausted after it.• Dorothy was reunited with her family after the newspaper ran her story.• We run into this problem here in Congress.• Most of the former inmates sought refuge in his abbey, and many stayed on to help run it.• How has your car been running lately?• As they ran on together across the flat open plateau, Yanto explained breathlessly what he had done.• Sedentary men, particularly those over 40, should not start a running program without a physical exam, he said.• I ran screaming out of the house.• A dog ran straight out in front of my car.• Barkley's contract only runs through next season.• On my daily mail run to the Chautauqua office I feel the mountains over my shoulder stalking me.• He kept on running until he was out in the open country.• I hope these jeans don't run when I wash them.• I'm afraid the colors ran when I washed your shirt.
ran for ... life• Farmers who had refused to leave their homes and livestock ran for their lives.
run in• Owens is running in the 200 meters.
well/badly run• Schools were clean, attractive, safe, and well run.• The office had never been so well run.• But despite the criticisms, the prison is described as well run and the report praised staff relations with the inmates.• Panel interviews, if they are well run and well organized, can be particularly searching.• Needwood Muppet, 25-1 with Coral, could well run into a place.• In Belfast we assumed that the number of socially-patterned variables that we might uncover could well run into the hundreds.• Man, that was a badly run operation.• In race one, Hodgson was able to get a better run through the backmarkers and hold the lead to the line.
run to• Weekly rates run to $3,750 during June, July, and August.• Then came a time when I was running, not knowing where I was running to.• But sadly there was no longer an Aunt Millie to run to.• The company budget wouldn't run to a Mercedes, so I had to make do with a Ford instead.• I don't think my salary quite runs to holidays in the Caribbean!• They run to keep alive a tradition started by colonial Brits 58 years ago.• Well I warned you, so don't come running to me when everything goes wrong!• At least four names are in the running to replace Dole.• The interview transcripts run to some 121 pages and can only be superficially summarized here.• The measures will run to the end of 1990, the same period as wage controls imposed at the weekend.• More of the Duke's men had run to the room and the noise of the fighting grew louder.• I need to run to the store for some milk.• She ran to the wall and began to climb.
run to• But sadly there was no longer an Aunt Millie to run to.• Then came a time when I was running, not knowing where I was running to.• They run to keep alive a tradition started by colonial Brits 58 years ago.• At least four names are in the running to replace Dole.• The interview transcripts run to some 121 pages and can only be superficially summarized here.• The measures will run to the end of 1990, the same period as wage controls imposed at the weekend.• More of the Duke's men had run to the room and the noise of the fighting grew louder.• She ran to the wall and began to climb.
run on• Sorry, I'm running on a bit. What did you want to say?• Don't allow meetings to run on; set an agenda and stick to it.• Business lunches do tend to run on sometimes.
run on electricity/gas/petrol etc• Even on the lake for instance, motorboats are not allowed and the hired boats run on electricity.• Or you could have your engine converted to run on gas.• Ultimately this reef runs on electricity.
ran out of control• Illegal trophy hunting ran out of control and 80 per cent of the Serengeti's elephants died.
run for office• I wanted to run for office.• Money not only determines who is elected, it determines who runs for office.• On second thought, maybe he could just run for office.• Stephen Merrill when he ran for office.• Women's business, trade and expertise; women identifying talent in other women and supporting them to run for office.• Not surprisingly, James was against the idea of my running for office from the start.• If you ran for office here and said you were for late-term abortions, you could pretty much hang it up.• The citizens who stepped out of the crowd and ran for office Tuesday showed they had that trait.
runs the length of• Then Red runs the length of the court, grabs a pass, drives to the basket and sinks one.• From here another narrow twisting road begins which runs the length of the Duddon valley.
running smoothly• Riboli and his wife keep the winery running smoothly.• But it's just to keep things running smoothly.• Tiny, energetic, imaginative, she drove advertising sales to ever-new heights and kept the business departments running smoothly.• Today Riboli, his wife Maddalena and their children keep the winery running smoothly.• Once the engine is running smoothly, a backfire can be dramatic.• My job as duty officer involves keeping Teesside Airport running smoothly at all times.• Like every other business, it needs good management to keep it running smoothly, especially during times of change.• Yes, things were running smoothly once more.• Backup power at bridge Backup power systems kept the Golden Gate Bridge toll plaza running smoothly with no delays on the bridge.
run to• But sadly there was no longer an Aunt Millie to run to.• Then came a time when I was running, not knowing where I was running to.• At least four names are in the running to replace Dole.• The interview transcripts run to some 121 pages and can only be superficially summarized here.• The measures will run to the end of 1990, the same period as wage controls imposed at the weekend.• More of the Duke's men had run to the room and the noise of the fighting grew louder.• She ran to the wall and began to climb.
run through/down• The festival opens Feb. 28 and runs through April 4.• The two-for-one fares run through Feb. 14.• The exhibit runs through February 9.• Tears running down her face, she put the eggs back in their nest a false picture of natural felicity.• She realized that he must know exactly what was running through her mind.• The yard will be run down over the next three weeks with the loss of 600 jobs.• It is impossible to see a logical pattern running through the narrative as Luke records it.
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run2 ●●● S1 W1 noun  
1  on foot 徒步 [countableC]RUN a period of time spent running, or a distance that you run 跑的时间；跑的距离 → jog, sprint
2  in the long run LONG TIMElater in the future, not immediately 从长远来看 → long-term
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in the long run• And in the long run. it will help to ensure continuing good health.• By putting their money as well as their trust into credit, they are in the long run paying more, not less.• Besides, in the long run, what good would it do?• But in the long run the outcome of the race between food production and population growth remains too hard to call.• What might I do in the long run?• All our hard work will be worth it in the long run.• He will not in the long run profit from arrangements that turn the surviving research institutes into training grounds for emigrant specialists.• Your educated boys went at it a little more privately and gracefully, but sometimes destroyed more people in the long run.• Besides which, in the long run it came down to the word of four people against one.
3  in the short run SHORT TIMEin the near future 从短期来看 → short-term
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in the short run• The recipients did not, and in the short run simply could not, spend the majority of their extra revenue.• He predicted more volatile dealings in the short run.• However, in the short run, numerous factors may operate to cause changes in supply.• It showed the company that Orrick was willing to make a commitment to them by losing some money in the short run.• Although this is the socially efficient output in the short run it is not efficient in the long run.• This could follow if the capital goods producing industries faced capacity constraints in their attempt to raise output in the short run.• The problem worsens with the relentless financial pressures for immediate performance in the short run.• Of course, IRAs cost the Treasury in the short run.
4  the usual/normal/general run of something the usual type of something 一般/正常/普遍类型的某事物
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the usual/normal/general run of something• Credit taken by the general run of consumers - those not in an extremity of financial need - was not specially regulated.• Anything of quality was exciting in those days, for the usual run of food was of a dullness today hardly comprehensible.• It has been designed to be different from the usual run of the mill international tax conference.• In the normal run of things I would have had no business there, no access.• This, however, was not the normal run of things.• It ought to be said that this particular extract poses more difficulties than the normal run of parish registers.• What should we do when confronted with claims which are conspicuously at odds with the general run of experience?
5  series 一系列 [countableC usually singular] a series of successes or failures 一连串，一系列〔成功或失败〕 → string, streak
6  amount produced 产出量 [countableC] an amount of a product produced at one time 产量
7  be on the run 
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run from• You would almost have thought that we were on the run from something.
8  do something on the run to do something while you are on your way somewhere or doing something else 在赶路[做其他事]的时候做某事
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do something on the run• I always seem to eat on the run these days.• He threw on some clothes; now he was on the run.• I'd like to hear why you're on the run.• If you want innovation, try more of that, and less of halfbacks and wide receivers throwing deep on the run.• John Butcher says at this moment a man on bail for rape is on the run ine the Midlands.• Meanwhile Mrs thomas's other grandson James Bellamy is now on the run after escaping from police custody.• Mostly, he was a man on the run, sacked six times and scrambling countless others.• They were on the run, and in haste, or we should all be dead men.• Two escapees, on the run, with nothing to lose.
9. make a run for it ESCAPEto suddenly start running, in order to escape 突然逃跑
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make a run for it• Then she could jump out and make a run for it.• Through her tears she saw Garry scaling the wall as he made a run for it.• Bothshe has sized them up as well-are strong and quite capable of catch ing her if she makes a run for it.• Debbie saw her uptown train and decided to make a run for it.• Riney decided to make a run for it and escaped, crashing through a glass window in the process.• They're going to make a run for it, she thought.• If you were Brimmer, how would you plan an escape if you ever had to make a run for it?• Already soaked, he decided he would make a run for it.
10  the run of something USE somethingif you have the run of a place, you are allowed to go anywhere and do anything in it 在某处自由出入[活动]
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had the run of• One successful bidder was Midvale Steel; soon naval inspectors, extended every courtesy, had the run of the Midvale shops.• So I had the run of the house for the afternoon.• We had the run of the weight room, the good leather body bag.
11  a run on something BUY
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a run on something• A sudden collapse could cause a run on mutual funds, which could in turn threaten the financial system.• The show has struggled all season, although ratings picked up during a run on Wednesday nights at 9: 30.• In the late afternoon I came back from a run on the Mesa Trail to find Janir fuming.• Since the break-ins, stores have reported a run on deadbolt locks.• Growing nervousness among small investors also led to a run on some banks.• Suddenly there was a run on, and mice were going faster than nachos and salsa.• There was a run on all major stock exchanges.• There was a run on the Tuesday afternoon for the producers.
12  give somebody a (good) run for their money to make your opponent in a competition use all their skill and effort to defeat you 〔在竞争中〕让某人使出浑身解数才获胜
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give somebody a (good) run for their money• Slosser gave Boyd a run for his money in the 1996 GOP primary.
13  have a (good) run for your money informal to succeed in doing something successfully for a long time 连获成功，一直成功
14. ILLNESS 疾病the runs informalMI diarrhoea 腹泻，拉肚子
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the runs• I had had the runs now since that night at the Stud.• This has been a duff year for him: the runs have flowed like treacle, and Dame Fortune has turned sour.• A second possibility which is often used in fox farms is the provision of wire-mesh flooring in the runs.• Aravinda de Silva heads the talented batting line-up, but the bowlers may struggle to keep the runs down.• Miller and John Bean both kept the runs coming as the weather threatened again.• Graham Cowdrey kept the runs flowing with a hard hit 88.• Then suddenly the runs - and the hundreds - came back.• He had the occasional run of poor form, but when the runs came they came thick, fast and gloriously.
15  play/film 戏剧/电影 [countableC]APTAMF a continuous series of performances of a play, film etc in the same place 〔在相同地方的〕连续上演
16  journey 行程 [singular]
17  for animals 动物使用的 [countableC]TAHBA an enclosed area where animals such as chickens or rabbits are kept 〔鸡、兔子等的〕饲养场
18  sport 体育运动 [countableC]DSBDSC a point won in cricket or baseball 〔板球或棒球比赛中的〕一分
19  winter sports 冬季运动 [countableC]DSO a special area or track on a mountain for people to ski or sledge down 〔滑雪运动的〕坡道，滑道
20  election 选举 [countableC usually singular] American EnglishAmE an attempt to be elected to an important position 竞选
21. in clothes 在衣物上 [countableC] American EnglishAmEDCCTEAR a line of torn stitches in tights or stockings 〔裤袜或长筒袜的〕脱线，抽丝 SYN British English ladder
22. music 音乐 [countableC]APM a set of notes played or sung quickly up or down a scale in a piece of music 〔按音阶顺序快速上行或下行的〕急奏；急唱
23. card games 纸牌游戏 [countableC]DGC a set of cards with numbers in a series, held by one player 顺子，同花顺
→ dry run, dummy run, fun run, milk run, print run, trial run
Examples from the Corpus
run• The West Indies beat Australia by 273 runs.• Camilli scored 936 runs in 12 major-league seasons.• Long distance runners follow a different training programme from other athletes.• As a narrator, Stella gives James Joyce a run for his stream-of-consciousness money.• Both resorts offer beginner to expert runs.• After his run, he took a long shower.• But in the long run the outcome of the race between food production and population growth remains too hard to call.• Your educated boys went at it a little more privately and gracefully, but sometimes destroyed more people in the long run.• Cher wins the prize for longest run of success.• a 5-mile run• They left Anchorage at nine for the forty-mile run to Matanuska.• Countess Maud was set for a record run.• The show moves to London's West End after a month's run in Leicester's Gala Theatre.• Dunaway is starring in a six-week run of "Master Class" in Los Angeles.
at a run• A couple of men rounded the plantation, going at a run towards the lake.• He looked beautiful on a tennis court; he was a pleasure to look at running for a bus.• The evidence suggests that women are on average slightly better than men at running countries.• The kids set off at a run for the swing sets.• Rory set off at a run.• Then they set off at a run, Jim and Louise leading the way, Jube pounding along behind them.• The user has also to construct a path through the relations thus setting up the linkages required at run time.• Lewis has always been one of the greatest in the sport at running men down.• He lined up at running back and tailback.
run of good/bad luck• Then he had a run of bad luck.• Perhaps the constable who carried out the test was merely having a run of bad luck.• Despite their current run of bad luck, the Giants are drawing record crowds at Scottsdale Stadium.• Maybe this is my run of bad luck over with.
school run• The victim was a 13-year-old pupil at a school run by the defendant's wife.• And others on the scientific level who would claim the excuse of a school run, or taking the wife to Surgery.• The 1980s have also seen the development of four military schools run by the army but privately financed.• I felt I could whizz it round the country lanes on school runs and trips up to town.• Some colleges and private schools run summer programs for kids, as do some of the larger daycare centers.• As a consequence, private schools flourished, from the very expensive to the shantytown schools run by women in the slums.• You could go to Newcastle or York shopping and be back in time to do the school run.• What they do see me doing is the school run, shopping, cooking their meals and running the household.
made ... runs• Gunships made their chattering runs beside us, and door gunners killed bushes.• Gooch has scored 2124 runs at an average of 50.57, whereas Gower has made 2183 runs at 50.76.• It was nice to be part of a winning side and even better to have made a few runs.• As a batsman he made 3,882 runs at a modest average, but showed himself a robust tail-ender when it mattered.• It made short runs, and at each stop I heard a very brief buzz that sounded like some giant fly.• While my group circled for another attempt, others made their runs, some trying as many as three before succeeding.• Money was made by long runs of dresses successfully sold.
From Longman Business Dictionary
runrun1 /rʌn/ verb (past tensepst ran /ræn/, past participlepp run, present participle running)
1[transitiveT] to control or be in charge of an organization, company, or system
I’ve always wanted to run my own business.
For a while, she ran a restaurant in Boston.
A well-run company should not have problems of this kind.
a state-run airline
2[intransitiveI, transitiveT]COMPUTINGMANUFACTURING if you run a machine or a computer program, you make it work
How many times a week do you run your washing machine?
The software will run on any PC.
cars that run on unleaded petrol
3up and runningCOMPUTINGMANUFACTURING working fully and correctly
The new system won’t be up and running until next week.
4[intransitiveI]LAW to continue to be VALID (legally or officially acceptable) for a particular period of time
The contract runs for a year.
My car insurance only has another year to run.
5[intransitiveI] to happen or take place, especially in the way that was intended
So far, it had all run according to plan (=happened in the way that had been planned).
Her job is to ensure university catering runs smoothly (=happens with no unexpected problems).
6[transitiveT] to operate a bus, train, or plane service
They’re running special trains to and from the exhibition.
7be running at something to currently be at a particular level
Inflation at that time was running at 10%.
8be running short of something to have very little of something left
The insurance fund was running short of cash.
9be running late to be doing everything later than planned or expected
They were running late, so I didn’t get interviewed until nearly 4 o'clock.
10run a check/test on somebody/something to check or test someone or something
Car-rental companies are running background checks on drivers who rent for long periods.
She worked for a company running credit checks on people.
11[intransitiveI] to try to be elected in an election
run for
He has yet to decide whether to run for chairman.
run against
the candidates who are hoping to run against the President in November
12run an advertisement/a story/a feature etc to print an advertisement, a story etc in a newspaper or magazine
magazines that don’t run tobacco ads
The paper still runs articles that anger dealers.
13ECONOMICS run a deficit/surplus to have less or more money than is needed
The government is running a large budget surplus.
→ run something by somebody
→ run down
→ run into something
→ run something → off
→ run out
→ run to something
→ run up
→ run up against somebody/something
runrun2 noun
1[countableC] a series of similar events, especially successes or failures
run of
The company has had a run of spectacularly successful years.
→ bear run → bull run
2a run on somethingCOMMERCE when a lot of people suddenly buy a particular product
Controls were necessary to prevent a run on inexpensive Czech goods.
3a run on a bank (also a bank run)BANKINGFINANCE when a lot of people all take their money out of a bank at the same time
A run on any bank could spread to other banks and threaten the entire system.
Even a minor bank run could bring down the system.
4a run on the dollar/pound etcFINANCE when a lot of people sell dollars, pounds etc and their value goes down
Financial markets panicked, causing a run on the Brazilian currency.
5in the long run at a later time in the future or over a longer period of time
The company believes that the move will save it money in the long run.
6in the short run in the near future
The plan does provide some help in the short run.
7MANUFACTURING an amount of a product that is produced at one time
Large production runs are necessary in order to cover the massive fixed costs involved in developing new cars.
The book has already sold out its initial print run of 20,000 copies.
8run of book/paper/network/siteMARKETING run of book etc advertisements can be put anywhere in a magazine or newspaper, or on any website or part of a website, rather than in a particular place
Origin run1
Old English rinnan
run1 verb
→10-19
→20-29
→30-44

→n GRAMMAR1 →n GRAMMAR2 →THESAURUS1 →PHRASAL VERBS1run2 noun
→10-23

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