| 词汇 | example_english_rat-run |
| 释义 | Examples of rat runThese examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. Residential streets are used as rat runs by people trying to avoid congestion, but they pile up problems in their wake. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Action must be taken to stop heavy lorries using country lanes as rat runs. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is a road scheme for people using my constituency as a ratrun. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In any case, the road is a ratrun and the limit is never protected. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Because of the crowding of traffic on that road, there is now what one can call a ratrun. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It has been impossible to obtain an agreement on what to do to stop the turn being used as a ratrun. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Unfortunately, many cars had found a ratrun and were making their way down a steep hill. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If it is not a ratrun, it is a tempting run, through which people drive their vehicles too fast. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The danger to pedestrians also increases as people try to escape down any possible ratrun. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 However, it is used as a so-called ratrun between the main roads, and the speed limit is widely ignored. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 A rather canny motorist discovered that this was a ratrun that enabled him to avoid the traffic on the main road. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The response of a local authority to a newly created ratrun is likely to be environmental measures to slow down the traffic and restraints to limit it. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The inevitable result is that we will see more traffic filtering through every highway and byway and every rural lane, using every ratrun available throughout the county. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If a lot of vehicles are sent down a road because it happens to be somewhat more empty than others, it might become a new ratrun. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The ratrun, as it is termed, removes the large bulk of humanity from the world, effectively ending the current civilization. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Recently, measures have been taken to slow down the ratrun traffic through the village by the installation of bollards designed to inhibit through-traffic mounting the pedestrian footpath. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. I have spoken about the effect of rat runs on the environment. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The rearrangement of taxi operations will have the added benefit of reducing rat runs for vehicles through nearby residential streets. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In the more suburban areas, the rat runs prevail as the traffic seizes up in the mornings. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In addition, bus patronage has increased, accidents have been reduced, and there has been less rat running through unsuitable residential areas. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Will he pay particular attention to improving road safety on what are commonly known as rat runs? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 People sit in traffic jams every day, get impatient and try to make progress by driving via residential roads and rat runs. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In turn, that will help to prevent drivers from using residential roads as rat runs. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I certainly did not refer to rat runs. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 However, we must discourage people from rat running through our roads just to avoid the inconvenience and minor delay of motorway repairs. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Obvious examples would be a mole emerging on to a lawn or a rat running out of a pipe. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In those circumstances there must at least be the danger that the use of some rat runs will be encouraged. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In the absence of a bypass, vehicles will continue to use rat runs through housing estates and narrow lanes. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Throughout my constituency, there is deep alarm that the rural areas are being used as rat runs, with growing numbers of incidents. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The threat of tolls will be regarded with contempt by local people who already face the rat runs. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 People will use them as rat runs, for short cuts, and for parking. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Some people may argue that they create rat runs, but they are definable. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Rural lanes become rat runs, and villages are spoilt by traffic, while the life of the villagers is degraded. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 As we all know only too well, motorists are increasingly using what were once quiet residential roads as what are called "commuter rat runs". From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It will be better for the residents living in those roads which have been used as rat runs. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Many minor roads are used as rat runs. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We should turn our faces against the idea that one should introduce rat runs through residential areas. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In theory, at least, it is difficult to see how one would not create new rat runs by that procedure. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 All of us are aware of the rat runs of vehicles being driven through residential areas and the problems that that causes. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Similarly, the blocking of some roads prevented rat runs for kerb crawlers. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They have become rat runs for lorries avoiding the tolls. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Those cars are attracted on to the red route and away from the residential rat runs. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Roads can be narrowed to prevent rat runs. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is important that there be no rat runs through which rogue gangmasters can escape, so its scope has been widened. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The result, in addition to lengthy traffic jams on the roads concerned, was to encourage traffic to make even more rat runs through villages and along country lanes. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They want to protect the environment, they try to deal with the problems of the rat runs for motorists through residential areas, and they work with local councils. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is amazing how, in any given area, drivers want to obtain their own rat runs while preventing anyone from rat running through their own streets. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Speed limits are not low enough and are ignored by country folk who engage in so-called "rat runs" to save a minute or two rather than use main roads. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There is opposition from people who may be affected by rat running as a result of the new bus lane, and local measures may be proposed to avoid that. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Monitoring will cover safety, public transport performance, vehicle flow counts, parking surveys, shopping activity, pedestrian movement, journey times, enforcement data, loading activity and the use of rat runs. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Rural residents are already making their views clear to me on speed and on the volumes of heavy traffic on country lanes, which are being used as rat runs. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If either of these routes is chosen the other will suffer because smaller connecting roads will be used as rat runs and residents will be continually harassed. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Indeed, similar schemes in other parts of the country are remodelling areas where there is old terraced housing and where straight streets become rat runs for cars. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The main worry cited by the nine objectors was that the bus lane had increased queueing and congestion in the town centre, leading to rat running along adjacent roads. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Rat runs are frequently taken by motorists familiar with the local geography. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. He also promised to review shipping rules in the area, amid reports that many vessels frequently took shortcuts, or rat runs, around the reef. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The classification system discourages rat running through local neighborhood streets. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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