run out of 英[rʌn aut ɔv] 美[rʌn aʊt ʌv] v. 用完; 耗盡; 從…跑出; [例句] They have run out of ideas他們已經想不出任何辦法了。

We have run out of petrol . what a bore !

我們的汽油用完了。真麻煩。

Two weeks passed. they ran out of money .

兩星期過去，他們的錢用光了。

We ran out of coal , and had to burn wood .

煤燒完了，只好燒木頭。

It is easy for families to run out of money before the weekly giro arrives. 

每週直接轉賬救濟支票還未到錢便花光的情況許多家庭都容易出現。

They have run out of ideas. 

他們已經想不出辦法了。

We've nearly run out of paper. Do you think there's enough for today? 

我們的紙差不多已用完了。你看今天夠用嗎？

I have run out of patience with her. 

我對她已失去耐性。

Local authorities will run out of money part way through the financial year. 

地方政府等不到財政年度結束錢就會花光。

If he hadn't run out of whitewash he would have bankrupted every boy in the village. 

要不是他的灰漿用光了，他會讓村裡的每個孩子都破產的。

If you are making a long distance call on a public telephone and run out of money, give the number on your phone to the person you're talking to. Then hang up the receiver and he can call you back. 

如果你用公共電話打長途，錢花光了，把你的電話號碼給你正在通話的人，然後掛上電話，他會給你回電話的。