come runninga) informalOBEY to react in a very eager way when someone asks or tells you to do something 欣然照办 He thinks he’s only got to look at me and I’ll come running. 他以为只要他使个眼色,我就会赶紧照他说的办。
b) especially spokenSYMPATHIZE to ask someone for help, advice, or sympathy when you have a problem 请求帮助[指点,同情]come running to Well I warned you, so don’t come running to me when it all goes wrong! 我警告过你的,所以出了问题别来求我!
run to• But even so, why had he not come running to find out what was happening?• At once there came running to her from all directions a pack of great wolves.• I had to stay there without moving a finger, until Glumdalclitch came running to rescue me.• When children came running to them for sweets, they scythed them down with automatic fire.• It was wrong of me to come running to you.
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