To run down

irmamar

November 11, 2010 01:57 AM

To run down

What does "run down" mean here?

Scotland's monasteries, already deliberately run down by James V...

Something like "abandonados" o "derruidos"? :thinking:

Thanks. :)

Perikles

November 11, 2010 02:22 AM

It means deliberately to diminish in size:

» run down
Sense I verb + object + adverb, verb + adverb + object
A
1 (exhaust) ‹battery› (Cars) descargar*; (in radio, shaver etc) gastar
2 (reduce) ‹staff/services› ir* recortando or reduciendo; ‹production› ir* restringiendo
3 (deplete) ‹stocks/supplies› agotar
B (disparage) (colloquial) criticar*, hablar mal de
C (knock over) ‹pedestrian› atropellar
D ‹fugitive/criminal› darle* caza a
Sense II verb + adverb
1 «battery» (Cars) descargarse*; (in radio, shaver etc) gastarse, agotarse
2 «business/factory» venirse* abajo
3 «stocks/supplies» agotarse

irmamar

November 11, 2010 01:23 PM

¿Degradados, con menos prestigio? :thinking:

Perikles

November 11, 2010 01:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by irmamar (Post 99477)

¿Degradados, con menos prestigio? :thinking:

Si, más o menos. :)

irmamar

November 11, 2010 01:26 PM

Thank you. :kiss:

Awaken

November 12, 2010 07:04 AM

Is James V the leader of Scotland at this time?

If so, when I think of run down, I think of "in neglected condition; fallen into disrepair: a run-down house."

Just a thought.

irmamar

November 12, 2010 01:01 PM

No, James died in 1542 and Scotland joined to the kingdom of England in 1707 to form the kingdom of Great Britain. Now Elizabeth II is the queen of Great Britain.

Both Great Britain and Spain, before they became countries (or kingdoms), they were divided into several kingdoms. That may be the reason why these countries are not really joined at all.

:)

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