让我们看看run out和 run out of
山东省平阴县第一中学  李玉刚
run out of 意为“用完”,主语只能是人。如:
He has run out of red ink.
他的红墨水用完了。
We run out of coal, and had to burn wood.
我们的煤用完了,所以不得不烧柴。
If we run out of money, we can sell some of the products in Guangzhou.
如果我们的钱用完了,可以在广州卖掉一些产品。
[比较] run out和run out of 这两个短语都有“用完”的意思,但用法不同。run out作不及物短语,表示“被用完;被耗尽;(人)把东西用完(或花光)”,其主语通常是时间、金钱、
食物等无生命名词,而run out of则是及物短语,表示主动。
[例句] His strength ran out.
他的力气用完了。
[小试] 根据括号内的汉语提示完成下列句子。
1. Food supplies _____________ (已经吃完了) by the end of their last trip.
2. What if you were to _____________ (花完) money? What would you do?
3. They are _____________ (消耗尽) oil and the plane has to land on the field.
4. If we _____________ (没有用完) sugar, I wouldn’t have gone to the shops.
Key: 1. had run out  2. run out of 
  3. running out of  4. hadn’t run out of
run out与run out of
liyugang run out是动副型短语动词,作不及物动词,表示“被用完了(become used up)”的被动含义,其主语通常是时间、金钱、食物等无生命名词。例如:
His money soon ran out. 他的钱很快就花完了。
Food supplies had run out towards the end of the trip. 在旅行快结束时,食物已经吃完了。
run out of 是三个词组成的短语动词,作及物动词用,后接宾语,表示“用完(use up)”的主动含义,主语只能是人
run out of还有“从(某处)流出(跑出)”的意思;run out也有“流出,跑出”的意义,但其后不能接宾语。例如:
He ran out of gas a mile from home. 他在离家还有一英里的地方把汽油用完了。
He ran out of the room. 他跑出了房间。
The water ran out of the cracked jug. 水从有裂缝的罐中流出。