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cover of episode 【绝望的主妇】“你能帮我查找一些信息吗?”

【绝望的主妇】“你能帮我查找一些信息吗?”

2023/11/29
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英语老师瑶瑶

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【句子】You ran me down for that? 【Desperate Housewives S2E5】【发音】/juː/ /ræn/ /miː/ /daʊn/ /fə(r)/ /ðæt/【发音技巧】暂无;【翻译】你找我就为了这事儿?【适用场合】今天我们一起来学习一下这样一个短语,run sb./sth. down,表示“通过一番搜索找到某个人/某个事物;追踪(抓捕)某个人”; to find someone or something after a search 或者to track down someone or somethingeg: Could you run some information down for me?你能帮我查找一些信息吗?eg: I was finally able to run down my old friend.一番寻找之后,我终于找到了我的老朋友。eg: Police detectives ran down the suspects.警探追踪并抓捕了那些嫌疑犯。eg: I ran down a colleague from years ago who might be able to help us with the tax situation.我找到了一个多年前的同事,他应该能帮我们解决目前的税务难题。eg: I ran that file down that you were asking about. It looks like the account hasn't been active in years.我找到了那个你之前要的文件,这个账户似乎几年都没用了。【尝试翻译以下句子,并留言在文章留言区】 I finally ran down the answer after hours of research.