rundown

英 [ˈrʌndaʊn]

美 [ˈrʌndaʊn]

n.  (尤指商业)削减，紧缩; 解释; 描述

Collins.1 / BNC.23688 / COCA.16333

牛津词典

noun

• （尤指商业）削减，紧缩
  a reduction in the amount, size or activity of sth, especially a business
  1. a rundown of transport services
     交通运输的缩减
• 解释；描述
  an explanation or a description of sth
  1. I can give you a brief rundown on each of the applicants.
     我可以给你简单介绍一下每名申请人的情况。

柯林斯词典

The adjective is pronounced /ˌrʌn 'daʊn/. The noun is pronounced /'rʌn daʊn/. 形容词读作/ˌrʌn 'daʊn/。名词读作/'rʌn daʊn/。


• ADJ-GRADED 疲惫不堪的;累病的;衰弱的
  If someone isrun-down, they are tired or slightly ill.
  1. ...times when you are feeling tired and run-down.
     你感觉疲惫不堪的时候
• ADJ-GRADED (建筑物、地区等)破旧不堪的，破败的，失修的
  Arun-downbuilding or area is in very poor condition.
  1. ...one of the most run-down areas in Scotland.
     苏格兰最破败的地区之一
  2. ...a run-down block of flats.
     破败的公寓楼
• ADJ-GRADED 萧条的;不景气的
  Arun-downplace of business is not as active as it used to be or does not have many customers.
  1. ...a run-down slate quarry...
     萧条的板岩采石场
  2. He bought a run-down television station.
     他买下了一个不景气的电视台。
• N-SING （行业、组织等规模的）缩减，紧缩
  Whenthe run-down ofan industry or organization takes place, its size or the amount of work that it does is reduced.
  1. ...the impetus behind the rundown of the coal industry.
     促使煤炭行业紧缩的原因
• N-SING 细节;详细情况
  If you give someone arun-down ofa group of things or arun-down onsomething, you give them details about it.
  1. Here's a rundown of the options...
     以下是能有的各项选择。
  2. This full-colour supplement includes full race details, plus a comprehensive run-down on all the British hopefuls.
     这份全彩附录包含了完整的比赛信息和对所有可能获胜的英国运动员的详细介绍。

英英释义

noun

• a concluding summary (as in presenting a case before a law court)
  Synonym:summationsumming up

双语例句

• Bear with me, please, for one last story, one my grandfather told me many years ago: A group of eight out-of-town bricklayers took refuge from a storm in a rundown temple.
  请允许我讲最后一个故事，这是许多年前我爷爷讲给我听过的：有八个外出打工的泥瓦匠，为避一场暴风雨，躲进了一座破庙。
• First off, he gave a rundown on the movie's story.
  首先，他简要介绍了一下故事梗概。
• It was really more like a campus, but a really grubby one& kind of rundown.
  它看起来更像一个校园，但真的很寒碜，感觉有些破败。
• Back then, the bar seemed a beacon of glamour in a conspicuously rundown part of town.
  当时，在这个破败不堪的都市角落，这间酒吧就像是一座灯塔，闪耀着魅力之光。
• I've been feeling a little rundown recently.
  我最近感觉有点筋疲力尽。
• Can you give us a rundown of the main points?
  你能给我们简单叙述一下要点吗？
• A rundown apartment house barely meeting minimal standards.
  一所勉强合乎住房最低标准的十分简陋的公寓。
• There is hardly a street in the capital Luanda without a team of Chinese engineers repairing the rundown infrastructure.
  在安哥拉首都罗安达，几乎所有街道上都有中国工程师在维修破旧的基础设施。
• But just outside the terminal, housed in the rundown Lagos District of APAPA, a long queue of trucks stretches out from the gate.
  但就在这座码头外，在破旧的拉各斯区（lagos）阿帕帕（apapa），一辆辆卡车在门口排成了长龙。
• The rundown rail services of America are something I try, vainly, to forget.
  美国铁路交通破落是一件我想忘也忘不了的事。