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单词 be running on empty
释义 be running on empty
be running on empty INFORMAL
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F0 to continue to work and be active when you have no energy left:
» I get the impression he's been running on empty for months now. A holiday will do him good.Thesaurus+: ↑Effort and expending energy , ↑Trying and making an effort
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F0 MAINLY US AND AUSTRALIAN ENGLISH If a person or an organization is running on empty, they have no new ideas or are not as effective as they were before:
» The fund-raising campaign was running on empty after ten years under the same leader.Thesaurus+: ↑Failing and doing badly
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