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.
我想象他们从俄勒冈州那样的地方刚来到破败的沃特伯里时，一定感觉像从美梦中醒来。
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.
人民都期待他能进一步地改善破败郊区以及其它一些邻近地区的安全状况，以竭尽所能地阻止动乱继续蔓延。
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.
他住进富兰克林大道上的老爱丽舍宫，克拉克盖博和凯瑟琳赫本曾经有一次住过那儿，但是当哈吉斯到那儿时，它已经是一个破败的教会收容所，名叫庄园酒店。

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.
实际上，如果你往下看-,我正要强调这一部分，我不会去运行它-,但是如果你看看这儿的话，这个方法确实就是这么做的。
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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.
如果银行出现问题而且他们无法支付...,如果一家银行出现问题,并且无法支付提取的存款,那么这就会使得整个系统崩溃,因为这会在投资者中引起恐慌...,在存款人和银行中引起恐慌,并且造成银行挤兑
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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.