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

• 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。
• Here's a rundown of the options
  以下是能有的各项选择。
• Give me a quick rundown before the meeting.
  会前给我一个简单的纲要。
• I've been feeling a little rundown recently.
  我最近感觉有点筋疲力尽。
• I was with my husband and three children in Li Qun, a roast-duck and fried-insect restaurant in a back alley of a rundown hutong a neighborhood of traditional courtyard houses in Beijing.
  当时，我和丈夫及三个孩子在利群&一家位于北京一条破旧胡同后巷、供应烤鸭和炸昆虫的餐馆。胡同是传统四合院住宅的街区。
• The first order of business was a call to the assignment desk for a pre-bedtime rundown of latest developments.
  工作顺序的第一项是打电话到调遣部，听取就寝时间前情况最新发展的详细摘要。
• Please give me a rundown of last week ′ s news.
  请你给我简要地总结一下上周的新闻。
• Now this area is dotted with some old and rundown office facility and multi-floor and lower houses.
  目前该区域分布着一些破旧的办公设施和多层、层住宅。
• 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。
• On the other side of the fence was a row of older and rundown buildings completed in the80s.
  这个住宅区的围墙的另一边则是一排建于80年代的年久失修的楼房。