down the drain
基本解釋
- 浪費(fèi)掉;徒勞;墮落
英漢例句
- One season of apples down the drain.
一季的蘋果就這樣付諸東流。 - I pumped six ounces and then had to pour it down the drain.
我吸出來(lái)了足有六盎司,然後不得不把它們倒進(jìn)了下水道。 - Silence was filled only by the inaudible swoosh of my career going down the drain , but I was on a roll.
一片寂靜,衹有我的職業(yè)生涯無(wú)聲無(wú)息的被鏇轉(zhuǎn)著沖入了下水道,但我也挺不住了。 - But once this scandal broke, all the Republican Party plans seemed to go down the drain.
NPR: Foley Allegations Put GOP into Political Tailspin - While the cleaning agent is important, everything else (including flagrance) literally washes down the drain.
FORBES: Household Items You're Paying Too Much For - Sinks are going down the drain, and steel is now heading in the same direction.
FORBES: Chinese Manufacturing Is Crashing
雙語(yǔ)例句
權(quán)威例句
詞組短語(yǔ)
- down n the drain 浪費(fèi)掉
- go down the drain 失敗;每況瘉下
- T Down the drain 激流金屬
- gone down the drain 白白地被浪費(fèi)掉;流入了下水道
- Milk Down The Drain 牛嬭倒進(jìn)下水道
短語(yǔ)
英英字典
- If work or money is or goes down the drain, it is spoiled or wasted.