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| 单词 | run up |
| 释义 | run up 1. phrasal verb If someone runs up bills or debts, they acquire them by buying a lot of things or borrowing money. He ran up a £1,400 bill at the Britannia Adelphi Hotel. [VERB PARTICLE noun] Many ran up huge debts as they spent millions to buy foreign players.. [VERB PARTICLE noun (not pronoun)] 2. See also run-up See full dictionary entry for run run-up Word forms: run-ups 1. singular noun The run-up to an event is the period of time just before it. [mainly British] The issue of the monarchy is complicating politics in the run-up to the elections. The company believes the products will sell well in the run-up to Christmas. [+ to] Synonyms: time leading up to, approach, build-up, preliminaries 2. countable noun In sport, a run-up is the run made by a player or athlete, for example before throwing a ball or a javelin, or before jumping. When I began to compete again, I was struggling with my run-up. Translations: Chinese: 前夕 Japanese: 直前 |
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