runoff 是指競選無法分出勝負(fù)的情況下進(jìn)行的決選。
Republican Cindy Hyde-Smith wins the Mississippi Senate runoff vote in an election that critics say was racially charged. 共和黨人辛迪·海德-史密斯在密西西比州的參議院決選中勝出,批評人士說這次選舉充滿種族歧視。
Runoff也指地表的水流,Surface runoff is the flow of water that occurs when excess stormwater, meltwater, or other sources flows over the Earth's surface. 地表徑流是當(dāng)多余的雨水,融水或其他來源的水流過地球表面時發(fā)生的水流。