(TTS發音) 1. hit with a quick movement猛撞
The horse hurt its knee by running against the fence. 馬撞在圍欄上，傷了膝蓋。
Driving in a hurry he ran his car against a tree. 由于開得太急，他把汽車撞到一棵樹上去了。
While walking along the sidewalk，he was so absorbed in thought that he ran against a passerby. 他走在人行道上時，全神貫注地想心事，以致和一個過路人撞了個滿懷。
2. meet accidentally 偶遇
I ran against an old friend in the street. 我在街上偶遇一位老友。
3. be unfavorable to；disfavor對…不利
Time is now running against us in this affair. 在這件事上時間于我們不利。
Fortune seems to run against me. 命運似乎與我作對。
She never does anything that would run against the interests of the collective. 她從不會做任何損害集體利益的事情。
4. compete with by running in a race ；compete with for an elected office與…賽跑；與…競選
She is prepared to run against the world's best runners. 她準備同世界上最優秀的賽跑選手比賽。
Roosevelt ran against Hoover in 1932. 1932年羅斯福同胡佛競選美國總統。
