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be running on empty
idiom informal
to continue to work and be active when you have no energy left: 勉强支撑（虽精疲力竭仍打起精神继续工作并保持活跃）
I get the impression he's been running on empty for months now. A holiday will do him good.我感觉他如今有好几个月都是在勉强支撑。放个假对他会有好处。
mainly US and Australian English
If a person or an organization is running on empty, they have no new ideas or are not as effective as they were before: 空转（某人或组织没有新思想，或不如以前有效率）
The fund-raising campaign was running on empty after ten years under the same leader.十年都在同一个人的领导下，资金筹集活动只是在空转。
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