To celebrate our victory, we ran up our flag.为庆祝胜利,我们升起了自己的旗帜。
b :to achieve (a large score or lead)获得高分;取得领先
Our team ran up a big lead in the first quarter.我们队在首节比赛就取得了较大的领先优势。
(US) She angrily accused the other coach of deliberately running up the score. [=continuing to try to score more points even though they are not needed to win a game]她气愤地指责对方教练在稳操胜券的情况下还要故意拉大分差。
c :to increase the amount of (something)增加(某物)数量
These extras will run the bill up another $100.这些额外收费将使账单又多出100美元。
d :to get (a large bill, debt, etc.) by buying many things without making payments积欠(账款、债务等)
She ran up a large phone bill.她积欠了一大笔电话费。
He ran up a lot of debt on his credit cards.他的几张信用卡上积欠了许多账款。
2
run up against (something):to experience (something difficult):encounter遇到(困难);碰到(麻烦)
She has run up against a lot of opposition.她遭到了许多反对。
He has run up against a bug in his computer program.他发现了电脑程序的一个错误。
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