| 词汇 | run out of steam |
| 释义 | Idiom run out of steam British, informal, American & Australian, informal to suddenly lose the energy or interest to continue doing what you are doing.She'd been talking for two hours and was just starting to run out of steam.I worked really well for two months of the project then I suddenly ran out of gas. run out of steamTo lose one's energy, motivation, or enthusiasm to continue doing something. After spending hours working on this project, I'm running out of steam—can we take a break? run out of steamFig. to lose momentum and fail. Toward the end of the lecture, he seemed to run out of steam, leaving us with no summary or conclusion. run out of steam1. If a process or activity runs out of steam, it becomes weaker, slower, or less active, and often stops completely. Note: The following expressions refer to the use of steam to provide power for a machine, especially a steam engine. The promised economic recovery seems to have run out of steam. The campaign had finally run out of steam. 2. If you run out of steam, you lose energy or enthusiasm for something. Note: The following expressions refer to the use of steam to provide power for a machine, especially a steam engine. I was working well earlier but I seem to have run out of steam now. run out of (or lose) steamlose impetus or enthusiasm. informal 1992 Jeff Torrington Swing Hammer Swing! Eventually I ran out of steam and came to a halt. run out of ˈsteam(informal) lose the energy, enthusiasm, etc. that you had before: His presidential campaign began well but ran out of steam after a couple of months.run out of steam, toTo become weary; to exhaust one’s energy. Although steam engines were a nineteenth-century invention, this term comes from the mid-twentieth century. Dick Francis used it in Slayride (1973): “When I’d run out of steam, they would begin to nod.” |
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