英语释义

• emptying accomplished by draining

• a pipe through which liquid is carried away

• flow off gradually;

  "The rain water drains into this big vat"

• a gradual depletion of energy or resources;

  "a drain on resources"

  "a drain of young talent by emmigration"

• empty of liquid; drain the liquid from;

  "We drained the oil tank"

• deplete of resources;

  "The exercise class drains me of energy"

• tube inserted into a body cavity (as during surgery) to remove unwanted material

• make weak;

  "Life in the camp drained him"

片语

drain from流失；从某处被吸走

drain pipe排泄管；[水运] 疏水管

floor drain地漏；[建] 地面排水管；楼面排水

Drain time流滴时间；滴落时间

drain well排泄井，排水井；污水井

drain water排泄水，废水

drain off渐渐枯竭；把…排出去；排除

sand drain砂井；[建] 排水砂桩

drain tank疏水槽；储油槽

Drain hose排水管

catch drain集水沟；截水沟

drain plug放油塞

oil drain放油孔；泄油；滑油放油嘴

go down the drain白费心机；前功尽弃；每况愈下

drain current漏极电流，漏电流

cash drain现金流出

drain away渐渐枯竭；排去；流尽

drain out排出；终止

brain drain人才外流；智囊流失

drain line排水管道

down the drain浪费掉；徒劳；堕落

intercepting drain截水沟；截水管；截流沟

drain valve[铁路] 排水阀；放泄阀

drain hole排泄孔；排水孔

water drain下水道；排水沟

drain tube排水管，放出管；引流管

英汉例句

• to help bo settle in, the obamas should walk him a lot in the early days to bond with him, drain his energy and make him hungry for his meals, millan said.

  米兰说，为了帮助「波」安顿下来，奥巴马一家在最初的几天里需要经常遛狗以便与其建立感情，消耗他的精力，让他变得有胃口。

• by using multi-core chips and smart software, phonemakers can shut down one or more of the processors, reducing the drain on phones’ batteries.

  通过使用多核芯片和智能软件，制造商们可以去掉手机上一个或多个处理器，以减轻其电池的负担。

• for one thing, wages have become a huge drain on their resources.

  首先，工资已经成为消耗学校资源的最大因素。

• it fell to less than $1.40 earlier this week on expectations the shut pipeline might help drain high inventories.

  贴水小于本周早期的1.40美元/桶，因为那时有石油管道关闭会消耗高位库存的预期。

• developers: alleviate strain on memory, disks, and other system resources by minimizing the drain on them.

  开发人员：最小化对内存、磁盘和其他系统资源的消耗以减轻对这三者的需求。

• in turn i soon found myself growing anxious there in that restaurant—very anxious—watching mr. chen and mr. shi drain glass after glass.

  相反，在那家饭店里，看着老陈和老石喝光一杯又一杯酒，我没多久就发现自己变得紧张起来——非常紧张。

• the boat drifted helplessly along the drain until some people saw him.

  船儿无助地顺着排水沟漂流直到有人看见他。

• this is a great financial drain on our society.

  是我们社会的一个巨大的财政消耗。

• he takes the two tubes of toothpaste out of his pockets and gives them a squeeze, expelling the chemicals into the drain where they immediately start reacting.

  他从口袋里拿出两根牙膏管，将里面的化学品挤在了下水道的槽中，化学品马上开始进行化学反应。

• the pruning part of biotechnology involves eliminating proclivities that might be useful to a wild organism, but drain its energy and metabolic effort away from the task at hand.

  生物工艺中的修剪包括去除一些可能对野外生命有好处的秉性，因为这种秉性消耗能量和新陈代谢使其不能进行指定的任务。

• and, while this isn’t particularly noble, you can avoid the constant birthday parties, baby showers and other office events that constantly drain your time and your wallet.

  即使这些都不特别重要，你还能逃避接连不断的生日宴会、新生儿喜宴，以及其它不断消耗你的时间和金钱的办公室活动。

• could that dragonfly flying above that drain be the answer to my prayers?

  那只在排水沟上空飞着的蜻蜓能作为我祈求的答案吗？

• today, we import about 60 percent of the oil we use, which is a huge drain on our economy and which weakens our security.

  今天，我们使用的石油约有60%来自进口，这对我国经济是巨大的消耗，并削弱了我国的安全。

• the drain will plug up if you let grease settle in it.

  如果你让油脂积存，排水管就会堵塞。

• considering all the time, money, effort, and lost opportunities associated with these failures, they are a tremendous drain on an organization.

  考虑所有与这些失败相关的时间、金钱、工作和失去的机会，对于一个企业来说这都是极大的消耗。

• oh, no, the drain just swallowed him.

  哦，不，排水沟刚刚把蜻蜓吞没了。

• it's quite possible for software development projects to be going down the corporate drain while everyone is convinced everything is fine -- or at least they act like it is.

  软件开发项目正逐渐消耗着企业资产，而每个人还确信一切进展顺利 ―或至少它们看上去如此，这是非常可能的。

• silence was filled only by the inaudible swoosh of my career going down the drain , but i was on a roll.

  一片寂静，只有我的职业生涯无声无息的被旋转着沖入了下水道，但我也挺不住了。

相似词

empty使失去；使…成为空的

dry变干

draw平局；抽签

off离开；偏离；从……去掉；下班；削价；戒除；不在；（非正式）远离；（非正式，一般是暂时）厌恶

deprive使丧失，剥夺

use使用；用途；发挥

exhaust废气；排气管

filter过滤器；滤波器；筛选程序；分流指示灯

spend度过，消磨（时光）；花费；浪费；用尽

off离开；偏离；从……去掉；下班；削价；戒除；不在；（非正式）远离；（非正式，一般是暂时）厌恶

expense被花掉

filter过滤器；滤波器；筛选程序；分流指示灯

pour(Pour)（美、捷）保尔（人名）

exhaust废气；排气管

use使用；用途；发挥

expenditure支出，花费；经费，消费额

deprive使丧失，剥夺

spend度过，消磨（时光）；花费；浪费；用尽

mouth装腔作势说话

dry变干

empty使失去；使…成为空的

draw平局；抽签

ditch开沟，掘沟，修渠；挖沟于，挖壕于；（非正式）摆脱，抛弃，丢弃；（使）（飞机）在海上迫降；（非正式）逃学，逃课，旷工；使（火车）脱轨

相反词

fill装满，使充满；满足；堵塞；任职

flood淹没，泛滥；大量涌入；大量送至；充满；使大受感动；照进；（发动机）使溢流；血崩