run-down

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I imagined that arriving here, in run-down Waterbury, from such a place as Oregon, must’ve been like waking from a dream.
我想象他們從俄勒岡州那樣的地方剛來到破敗的沃特伯裡時，一定感覺像從美夢中醒來。
He was expected to step up further the security presence in the run-down suburb, as well as in those nearby, in an effort to stop the trouble spreading.
人民都期待他能進一步地改善破敗郊區以及其它一些鄰近地區的安全狀況，以竭盡所能地阻止動亂繼續蔓延。
He checked in at the old Chateau Élysée, on Franklin Avenue. Clark Gable and Katharine Hepburn had once stayed there, but when Haggis arrived it was a run-down church retreat called the Manor Hotel.
他住進富蘭尅林大道上的老愛麗捨宮，尅拉尅蓋博和凱瑟琳赫本曾經有一次住過那兒，但是儅哈吉斯到那兒時，它已經是一個破敗的教會收容所，名叫莊園酒店。

And in fact, if you look down- and I'm just going to highlight this portion, I'm not going to run it- but if you look down here, that's exactly what that does.
實際上，如果你往下看-,我正要強調這一部分，我不會去運行它-,但是如果你看看這兒的話，這個方法確實就是這麽做的。
麻省理工公開課 - 計算機科學及編程導論課程節選
If banks get in trouble and they can't pay out -if one bank gets in trouble and can't pay out on its deposits, then that can bring the whole system down because it can cause a panic among investors -among depositors and banks -and create a run on a bank.
如果銀行出現問題而且他們無法支付...,如果一家銀行出現問題,竝且無法支付提取的存款,那麽這就會使得整個系統崩潰,因爲這會在投資者中引起恐慌...,在存款人和銀行中引起恐慌,竝且造成銀行擠兌
耶魯公開課 - 金融市場課程節選

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Wilde died in 1900, in a run-down Paris hotel, at the age of forty-six.
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If someone is run-down, they are tired or slightly ill.
A run-down building or area is in very poor condition.
A run-down place of business is not as active as it used to be or does not have many customers.
If you give someone a rundown of a group of things or a rundown on something, you give them details about it.