4ADJ [ADJ n]不断增加的;持续增长的 A running total is a total which changes because numbers keep being added to it as something progresses. 不断增加的;持续增长的
He kept a running tally of who had called him, who had visited, who had sent flowers.
他不断记录着又有谁给他打电话,拜访过他,或给他送花。
So far, his running total in transfers fees is £2 million.
到目前为止,他持续增长的转会费已高达200万英镑。
5ADV [n ADVERB]连续,一连(发生几次) 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 . 连续,一连(发生几次)
He said drought had led to severe crop failure for the second year running.
他说干旱已经连续两年导致农作物严重歉收。
She changes her look so often that she never seems the same woman two days running.
她经常改变形象,一天一个样。
6ADJ [ADJ n](水等)流动的Running water is water that is flowing rather than standing still. (水等)流动的
The forest was filled with the sound of running water.
7ADJ [ADJ n]自来(水)的 If a house has running water, water is supplied to the house through pipes and taps. 自来(水)的
...a house without electricity or running water in a tiny African village.
非洲一座小村庄里既没有电,也没有自来水的房子
8PHRASE 有/没有希望获胜;有/没有机会得到 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/没有希望获胜;有/没有机会得到
Her role in Death and the Maiden, which put her in the running for the Laurence Olivier Award.
她在电影《不道德的审判》中的演出使她很有希望获得劳伦斯·奥利弗奖
Until this week he appeared to have ruled himself out of the running because of his age.
他似乎一直因为年龄问题不认为自己有获胜的可能,但情况在这周改变了。
9PHRASE 率先;带头;开头 If someone is making the running in a situation, they are more active than the other people involved. 率先;带头;开头 [mainly British]
Republicans are furious that the Democrats currently seem to be making all the running.
现在民主党人好像成了领头羊,这让共和党人非常愤怒。
10PHRASE (系统或地方等)正常运转,正常运营 If something such as a system or place is up and running, it is operating normally. (系统或地方等)正常运转,正常运营
We're trying to get the medical facilities up and running again.