run dry

英 [rʌn draɪ]

美 [rʌn draɪ]

(信息或金钱的来源)枯竭，用完

化学

英英释义

verb

• become empty of water
  1. The river runs dry in the summer
  Synonym:dry out

双语例句

• How do you manage to come up with innovative ideas when your well has run dry?
  在创意之井枯竭的时候，怎样想出有创意的点子？
• The nuclear pipeline is now likely to run dry in most countries.
  大多数国家核电站的管线设备目前很可能会弃置不用。
• I will love you to the time of the seas run dry and the rocks crumble.
  我将爱你直到海枯石烂。河上有一座破烂不堪的、古老的、灰色的小石桥。
• Don't worry. I know when the keg's run dry.
  别担心，我知道水桶总是会干的。
• Now, the wells have run dry, too.
  现在，这里的水井也没水了。
• To harvest oil and gas profitably from the North Sea, it must focus on the exploitation of small reserves as the big wells run dry.
  随着大型油井的枯竭，要想从北海的石油和天然气开采中盈利，必须着力于开采小储量的油井。
• Supply of oil can be shut off unexpectedly at any time, and in any case, the oil wells will all run dry in thirty years or so at the present rate of use.
  石油供应可能随时会被切断；不管怎样，以目前这种消费速度，只需30年左右，所有的油井都会枯竭。
• In the end the Volga's waters will run dry.
  伏尔加河水终将干涸。
• Streams had run dry for the first time in memory.
  记忆中，小溪第一次干涸了。
• Will funding for health development run dry?
  卫生发展资金是否会枯竭？