Meaning
Today's Sentences
01
I think you just ran over something!
Situation
Look out!
I think you just ran over something!
我想你刚才压到什么东西了!
Was it a cone?
I can knock over a few I think.
我想我能推倒几个。
I don't think you can.
Let's practice from the beginning of the course.
让我们从课程的开始练习吧。
Honestly, it looks I might fail this driving test.
02
It ran over by almost an hour.
Situation
How did the meeting go?
Long.
It ran over by almost an hour.
它超出了将近一个小时。
An hour?
That’s not a meeting, that’s captivity.
那不是会议,那是囚禁。
I know.
My coffee ran out before the meeting did.
我的咖啡在会议结束前就已经喝完了。
Writer's Note
"Run over" is a transitive, intransitive, and inseparable phrasal verb.
- Transitive - Verbs that require a direct object in order to complete its meaning.
Structure: "Verb + Particle + Object (object must come after “over”)"
Example 1: Let’s run over the plan one more time.
Example 2: She almost ran over a squirrel on the road.
Example 3: They accidentally ran over the curb while parking. - Intransitive - Verbs that do not require an object to complete its meaning.
Structure: "Subject + Verb + Particle"
Example 1: The meeting ran over by twenty minutes.
Example 2: Our class ran over, so I was late.
Example 3: The podcast ran over a little longer than expected.
Structure: "Subject + Verb + Particle (+ Place)"
Example 1: I’ll run over after work.
Example 2: She will run over to your house in a minute.
Example 3: Let me run over and drop it off. - Inseparable - When the verb and particle stay together.
Structure: "Verb + particle +object", the object must come after the particle.
Example 1: The car ran over the cone.
Example 2: Let’s run over the plan.
Example 3: Can we run over the notes once more?
结构: "Verb + Particle + Object (宾语必须在“over”之后)"
例子 1: 我们再来详细检查一下计划。
例子 2: 她差点在路上撞到一只松鼠。
例子 3: 他们在停车时不小心撞到了路缘。
结构:“Subject + Verb + Particle”
例子 1:会议 ran over了二十分钟。
例子 2:我们的课 ran over了,所以我迟到了。
例子 3:播客节目 ran over的时间比预期的稍长。
结构:“Subject + Verb + Particle (+ Place)”
例子 1:我下班后会 run over。
例子 2:她马上会 run over到你家。
例子 3:让我 run over去把它送过去。
结构:“Verb + particle + object”,宾语必须放在短语动词之后。
例子 1:The car ran over the cone.
例子 2:Let’s run over the plan.
例子 3:Can we run over the notes once more?
Related words: Check over, come over, drop by, exceed, flood, go over, go over time, hit, knock down, look through, mow down, overrun, pop in, pour over, review, run down, run long, run through, spill over, stop by, strike, surge, swing by, summarize