Runaway

    轻易的

    希拉里·克林顿在南卡罗来纳州赢得2016年竞选中的首场大捷，或将在11月8日的总统大选对决共和党领跑的唐纳德·川普。请看本报昨日的报道：

    Fresh off a runaway win in the South Carolina primary, U.S. Democrat Hillary Clinton turned her sights to a possible match-up with Republican front-runner Donald Trump in the Nov. 8 presidential election.

    Without mentioning Trump's name, the former secretary of state made it clear Saturday she was already thinking about taking on the real estate mogul whose recent string of victories made him the favorite to be the Republican nominee for the White House race.

    报道中的runaway就是“轻易的、快速的”, 这个词还有“逃跑的、失控的”意思。例如：

    Many of the investments made so far have been far from runaway successes.

    迄今为止的许多此类投资都远非轻易获得回报。

    Even middle-class consumers are beginning to kick against the runaway prices.

    连中产阶级的消费者也开始对飞涨的物价表示不满。