由一道高考题看give out和run out的区别

从一道高考题，看 run out和give out的区别

现有两正确的句子：

Time is running out.

Time begins to give out.

但2008年江苏省一道高考题：

－I'm still working on my project.－

--Oh.you'll miss the deadline.Time is ＿.

A.running out

B.going out

C.giving out

D.losing out

答案选A，为什么C不能选呢，也有“耗尽,用完”的意思呀？

解析：

give out 多指食物、资源、耐心、精力等“因发散而”耗竭，常用过去式、完成式，不用进行时

run out 也有上述意思，但表时间的耗竭，常用之，并可用进行时表将来时间。

His patience gave out long ago．

他的耐心早已消磨殆尽。

My patience is running out．我已失去耐心。

give out 最常用的含义是“发布、公开；分发”

1)give out分发，散发

07福建）The news of the mayor’s coming to our school for a visit was given out on the radio yesterday.

2)give out 发布

During the urgent period, Minister of Foreign Affairs gave out brief news every day.