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drain /dreɪn/► SEE ALL(go) down the drainthe brain draincircle the drainlaugh like a drainmoney down the drain
●(go) down the ˈdrain (BrE also (go) down the ˈplughole) (informal) (be) wasted or lost; (get) much worse 白白浪费掉；（变得）非常糟糕◆He watched his business, which had taken so long to build up, go slowly down the drain.
他眼睁睁地看着自己花了那么长时间创立的企业渐渐垮掉。●the ˈbrain drainthe loss of qualified scientists, doctors, engineers, etc. to another country, especially one where they are paid more for their work 人才流失●ˌcircle the ˈdrain (NAmE) (usually used in the progressive tenses 通常用于进行时) if sth circles the drain it continues to become worse so that it may not be able to survive much longer 越来越糟糕；每况愈下；难以持续◆It appears the governor’s political career is circling the drain.州长的政治生涯似乎快要走到尽头了。●laugh like a ˈdrain (BrE) laugh very loudly 哈哈大笑；纵声大笑◆When I told him what had happened he laughed like a drain, as if it was the funniest thing he’d ever heard.我把发生的事情告诉他时，他放声大笑，好像这是他听过的最滑稽的事。●ˌmoney down the ˈdrain (informal) a waste of money 浪费金钱；把钱扔进下水道◆Her father feels that all her expensive education will just be money down the drain if she gets a job in a cafe.她父亲认为，如果她去咖啡馆工作，那么以前昂贵的教育投资就全部打了水漂。 |