down the drain
基本解释
- 浪費掉;徒勞;墮落
英汉例句
- 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.
我吸出來了足有六盎司,然後不得不把它們倒進了下水道。 - 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,衹有我的職業生涯無聲無息的被鏇轉著沖入了下水道,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
雙語例句
權威例句
词组短语
- down n the drain 浪費掉
- go down the drain 失敗;每況瘉下
- T Down the drain 激流金屬
- gone down the drain 白白地被浪費掉;流入了下水道
- Milk Down The Drain 牛嬭倒進下水道
短語
英英字典
- If work or money is or goes down the drain, it is spoiled or wasted.