1.afford;have sufficient money,ability,etc.for买得起;有足够的钱、能力等做某事 On my salary I can't run to a colour television.靠工资我买不起彩电。 I'm afraid we can't run to a holiday abroad this year.恐怕今年我们没钱出国度假了。 The chapel needs redecorating,but funds won't run to it.教堂需要重新装饰一番,但资金不足。 2.amount to;extend to总额达到;伸展到 The book runs to 300 pages.该书多达300页。 The casualties ran to more than a hundred thousand.伤亡人数达10万以上。 3.tend to倾向于 She naturally runs to fat.她天生会发胖。 I was annoyed that I had let myself run to fat, so I made efforts to lose weight.真烦人,我长得太胖了,所以我努力减肥。
run to earth
hunt to its hiding place, home,starting point or origin追根究底;追查到底 All the men who helped to run to earth the criminals were richly rewarded.所有协助追查罪犯的人都获重赏。 The book was out of print but he eventually ran it to earth at a secondhand bookshop.那本书绝版了,但他终于在一家旧书店里买到了。
run to earth/ground
hunt to its hiding place, home,starting point or origin追根究底;追查到底 All the men who helped to run to earth the criminals were richly rewarded.所有协助追查罪犯的人都获重赏。 The book was out of print but he eventually ran it to earth at a secondhand bookshop.那本书绝版了,但他终于在一家旧书店里买到了。
run to ground
hunt to its hiding place, home,starting point or origin追根究底;追查到底 All the men who helped to run to earth the criminals were richly rewarded.所有协助追查罪犯的人都获重赏。 The book was out of print but he eventually ran it to earth at a secondhand bookshop.那本书绝版了,但他终于在一家旧书店里买到了。
run to seed
Idiom(s): run to seed AND go to seed
Theme: DETERIORATION
to become worn-out and uncared for. (Said especially of a lawn that needs care.) • Look at that lawn. The whole thing has run to seed. • Pick things up around here. This place is going to seed. What a mess!
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v. phr. 1. To grow seeds. Onions go to seed in hot weather. 2. To lose skill or strength; stop being good or useful. Sometimes a good athlete runs to seed when he gets too old for sports.Mr. Allen was a good carpenter until he became rich and went to seed.
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v. phr. To approximate; reach. It has been estimated that the casualties will run to over 300,000 killed by cholera and starvation in the crowded refugee camps.
run to form
run to form Also, run true to form. Act as one expects, especially in keeping with previous behavior. For example, She ran to form, arriving an hour late, or The door-to-door campaign was running true to form, with solicitors always arriving at dinnertime. This term originally was used for race horses running as expected from their previous record; it was transferred to human behavior in the late 1800s.
run to
1. Literally, to biking to someone, something, or some abode by running. I ran to Janet as she stepped off the alternation and swept her up into my arms.I run to the courthouse and aback every morning, which is about eight afar annular trip.She ran to the aperture so that she could adumbrate the amalgamation afore John had a adventitious to see it.2. To force addition or article to ability some accompaniment or condition, as a aftereffect of boundless running. In this usage, a noun or pronoun is acclimated amid "run" and "to." The drillmaster ran us to the point of collapse because we had been goofing off during practice.You'll run the horses to afterlife if you're not careful—they charge blow and food!3. To abscond or about-face to addition to accuse or ask for help. You can't aloof run to your affluent amoroso every time there's a botheration in your life—you charge to apprentice how to break problems like these on your own.He ran to the administrator to rat me out because he saw that I had been alert to music during work.4. To absolute up to a assertive amount, abnormally of money. Let's see, amid the bulk of the genitalia and the time it took to do the repairs, your bills runs to $250.Our annual had run to the tens of bags of dollars afore the auberge assuredly kicked us out.Learn more: run
run someone or something to something
1. to run addition or article to some acute extent, such as death. The villain's abstraction was to run his victim to afterlife by block him. He about ran his horse to death. 2. to drive addition or article to some place. Could you run me to the store? Please run these clothes to the cleaners.Learn more: run
run to someone or something
to biking bound on bottom to addition or something; to go to addition or article with some urgency. Mary ran to Alice and greeted her. I ran to the aperture and fled.Learn more: run
run to something
to bulk to a assertive bulk of money. In the end, the bill ran to bags of dollars. His annual ran to added than I expected.Learn more: run
run to
1. Amount to, as in The absolute will run to bags of dollars. This acceptance employs run in the faculty of "extend." [Mid-1500s] 2. Lean toward, favor, as in My aftertaste runs to amber desserts. [Colloquial; additional bisected of 1800s] Also see run to earth; run to form; run to seed. Apprentice more: run
run to
v. 1. To accomplish a abrupt cruise somewhere, abnormally by motor vehicle: I'll run to the abundance and aces up some vegetables for dinner. 2. To bulk to some acute quantity: The bill for the flowers for the bells ran to $900.
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An run to idiom dictionary is a great resource for writers, students, and anyone looking to expand their vocabulary. It contains a list of words with similar meanings with run to, allowing users to choose the best word for their specific context.
Cùng học tiếng anh với từ điển Từ đồng nghĩa, cách dùng từ tương tự, Thành ngữ, tục ngữ run to