大家好，今天我們分享一個非常有用且地道的表達——running on empty, 這個短語的含義不是指「空跑一趟」，其正確的含義是：
running on empty 勉強支撐
（雖精疲力竭仍打起精神繼續工作並保持活躍）
I get the impression he's been running on empty for months now. A holiday will do him good.
我感覺他如今有好幾個月都是在勉強支撐。放個假對他會有好處。
I've been painting the house for four hours every night after work, and I am seriously running on empty at this point.
我每晚下班後一直刷四個小時房子，我此時此刻已經勉強支撐了。
We were running on empty by the time our team made it to the championship round.
到我們進入冠軍賽的時候，我們的隊伍已經在勉強支撐了。
By the end of the two week camping trip, everyone was running on empty.
到兩周的營地旅行結束的時候，每個人已經在勉強支撐了。
If you keep running on empty you’re going to have a serious health crisis. The first step is to get more sleep.
如果你一直勉強支撐，你將會有嚴重的健康危機。第一步就是要更多睡覺。