running

1. N-UNCOUNT Running is the activity of moving fast on foot, especially as a sport. 跑

We chose to do cross-country running. 我們選擇進行越野賽跑。

2. N-SING The running of something such as a business is the managing or organizing of it. 經營

...the committee in charge of the day-to-day running of the party. …負責該黨日常運作的委員會。

3. ADJ You use running to describe things that continue or keep occurring over a period of time. 連續的; 不斷的[ADJ n]

He also began a running feud with Dean Acheson. 他也開始和艾奇遜院長發生接連不斷的爭執。

4. ADJ A running total is a total which changes because numbers keep being added to it as something progresses. 流水式的[ADJ n]

He kept a running tally of who had called him, who had visited, who had sent flowers. 他記錄著關於誰給他打過電話、誰看望過、誰送過花的一本流水賬。

5. ADV You can use running when indicating that something keeps happening. For example, if something has happened every day for three days, you can say that it has happened for the third day running or for three days running. 連續地[n ADV]

He said drought had led to severe crop failure for the second year running. 他說乾旱已連續兩年造成嚴重辳作物歉收。

6. ADJ Running water is water that is flowing rather than standing still. 流動的 (水)[ADJ n]

The forest was filled with the sound of running water. 該森林裡充滿了流水聲。

7. ADJ If a house has running water, water is supplied to the house through pipes and faucets. 自來 (水)[ADJ n]

...a house without electricity or running water in a tiny African village. …一座在非洲一個小村莊裡、沒有電和自來水的房子。

8. PHRASE If someone is in the running for something, they have a good chance of winning or obtaining it. If they are out of the running for something, they have no chance of winning or obtaining it. 有望獲勝/無望獲勝

Until this week he appeared to have ruled himself out of the running because of his age. 直到本周他似乎才因爲自己年齡關系排除了自己獲勝的可能性。

9. PHRASE If something such as a system or place is up and running, it is operating normally. 正常運轉

We're trying to get the medical facilities up and running again. 我們正在盡力讓這些毉療設施恢複正常運轉。