| 单词 | down the drain |
| 释义 | DEFINITIVE EXAMPLES 权威例句〔WASTE〕Buying nice clothes for you was just money down the drain. All you ever wear are jeans and T-shirts. 给你买漂亮的衣服只是白白浪费金钱。你向来只穿牛仔裤和T恤衫。朗文写作活用〔WASTE〕The government is throwing tax payers’ money down the drain. 政府在白白浪费纳税人的钱。朗文写作活用〔bucket〕She poured the bucket of dirty water down the drain.她把那桶脏水倒到下水道里。牛津搭配〔down the drain〕All my hard work went down the drain.我所有的努力都付之东流了。韦氏高阶〔down the drain〕If the factory closes, that will be a million dollars' worth of investment down the drain.如果工厂关闭，那么100万美元的投资就打水漂了。剑桥高阶〔down the drain〕The public schools are going down the drain.公立学校现在是每况愈下。韦氏高阶〔drained〕He lamented that four years of his life had gone down the drain because of an injury to his groin.他痛惜他四年的生活就因大腿根部的伤被毁掉了。柯林斯高阶〔drained〕Small local stores are going down the drain.当地的小店都倒闭了。柯林斯高阶〔drained〕They were aware that their public image was rapidly going down the drain.他们意识到他们的公众形象正迅速被毁掉。柯林斯高阶〔drain〕All of our best laid plans are down the drain.我们所有精心布置的计划都付之东流美国传统〔drain〕All the chances for negotiations were down the drain.所有的谈判机会都错失了。英汉大词典〔drain〕Four years of his life had gone down the drain through injury.他因为伤病而荒废了四年的光阴。外研社新世纪〔drain〕He dropped his keys down the drain.他的钥匙从下水道井口掉下去了。外研社新世纪〔drain〕It's just money down the drain, you know.你要知道，这是白白丢钱。牛津高阶〔drain〕Safety standards have gone down the drain.安全标准根本不管用了。牛津高阶〔drain〕Small local stores are going down the drain.当地小商店的经营每况愈下。外研社新世纪〔drain〕That's another £20 down the drain.又浪费了20英镑。外研社新世纪〔drain〕The aid scheme to the company appears to be money down the drain.对那家公司的援助计划看来是把钱扔进水里。英汉大词典〔drain〕Their public image was going down the drain.他们的公众形象化为了乌有。外研社新世纪〔drain〕Their reputations would go down the drain.他们将会名誉扫地。英汉大词典〔drain〕Thirty new television programs were selected. The rest went down the drain .30个新的电视节目入选,其余的都取消了。英汉大词典〔drain〕Well that's it. 18 months' work down the drain.得了，就这么回事了，18 个月来的工作就白干了。朗文当代〔dump〕I dumped the coffee down the drain.我把咖啡倒入下水道了。韦氏高阶〔ho hum〕Ho hum, another nice job down the drain.，又一份好工作泡汤了。柯林斯高阶〔ho hum〕Ho hum, another nice job down the drain.嗬哼呣, 又一份好工作打水漂了。外研社新世纪〔pour〕They accused the government of pouring taxpayers' money down the drain.他们指控政府白白浪费纳税人的钱。麦克米伦高阶〔slither〕It slithered back down the drain.它顺着下水道爬了回来。牛津搭配〔sluice〕I sluiced the dirt down the drain.我引水把污垢冲下阴沟。牛津同义词〔swirl〕The water swirled down the drain.水打着漩流进了下水道。牛津高阶〔tip〕She tipped the dirty water down the drain.她把脏水倒入了下水道。牛津高阶It's a terrible idea—you'll just be pouring money down the drain.这个主意太糟糕了 ── 你就是花钱打水漂啊。牛津商务We don't want all their hard work to go down the drain.我们不想他们所有的辛勤工作都付之东流。剑桥国际 |
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