down the drain
美 
英
- un.〔電子〕漏板；〔醫〕引流管；〔技〕放水口。；白扔掉
- 網絡浪費掉；付諸東流；血本無歸
英漢解釋
英英解釋
例句
The trouble with trying to maintain an old car is that you're always pouring money down the drain to keep it roadworthy.
試圖維修這輛舊車的困難在于，總要花大本錢才能使它開得動。
We have said it would all be sudden as the dark whirlwind goes down the drain, just as you see water swirl down a drain.
我們曾說過一旦黑暗勢力白白浪費良機，這就會很突然的發生，就像水被漩渦吸走那樣迅猛。
Hackett was prepared to pour the batch down the drain if it tasted awful.
如果味道糟糕的話，哈科特準備倒掉這批酒。
He said "our banking system is going to lose hundreds of billions of dollars" and taxpayer money was "going down the drain" .
他說：不僅“我們的銀行體系將要損失數以千億的美元”，而且納稅人的錢也會付諸東流。
"My esteem for the Japanese government has completely gone down the drain, " she said.
“我徹底失去了對日本政府的尊敬。”她說。
His fortune went down the drain when he began drinking heavily and gambling in casinos .
自從他開始酗酒又在賭場賭博，他的財產漸漸揮霍殆盡。
Right. -You know, when they go down the drain, when you don't use all of the container, what do you end up doing with it?
對。-你知道，在進入下水道后，在你沒用完容器內的所有清潔劑時，你最后會拿它怎么辦？
Daisy was in the bathroom. She was brushing her teeth and the tap was on. Water was pouring into the washbasin and vanishing down the drain.
黛西在浴室里。那時她正在刷牙，但是水龍頭開著。水流入水槽，消失在下水道中。
All of his hopes and dreams of one day becoming the company's CEO went down the drain when the company went bankrupt.
隨著公司的破產，他所有的希望以及有朝一日成為公司總裁的夢想都破碎了。
As it swirls down the drain, remember it will need to be pumped to a treatment centre and treated to potable quality.
當廢水進入排水系統后，它還需要被抽入污水處理中心進行處理，直到達到飲用水標準。
John had spent hours keying data into the computer, but it all went down the drain when a power cut erased the machine's memory.
約翰花了數小時才把資料輸入了電子計算機，但電源一斷便擦去了機器中的存儲量，他的一切全白費了。
I've seen very talented people literally go down the drain because they couldn't seem to keep their focus long enough to get anything done.
我見到過很有才華的人，他們最后浪淘沙般銷聲匿跡，就在于他們好像不能足夠長地保持自己的專注力，結果什么也沒做成。
A long time ago, there was a very handsome prince named Yi, he fell in love with heaven as a maid Helen pouring money down the drain.
很久以前，有一個非常英俊的王子名叫伊，愛上了天庭的一個倒水的侍女海倫。
But all the bad stuff doesn't conveniently slide down the drain; some of it thrives if those surfaces stay moist.
但所有那些臟東西并沒有順帶著流入下水道，如果地面是潮濕的，其中一些細菌又會死灰復燃。
Due to inept management and bad decisions, the company's profits went down the drain.
由于管理與決策不當，公司的利潤全付諸流水了。
In his opinion, continuing to pay rent each month for his apartment is just pouring money down the drain.
他認為，繼續給付房屋租金就是將錢向水一樣往外潑。
The hardest part of his job is watching his creations disappear down the drain after they're photographed.
干他這行的最難之處是，拍完照片后，看著自己的作品在水龍頭下付之東流。
b: i know. i was there when he got so out of hand and poured all his money down the drain.
我知道。當他完全失去控制，把（他）所有的錢都浪費光的時候我（也）在場。
If you rely on a high-priced brand to ensure a good hair day, you could be sending money down the drain.
如果你相信一個高價的品牌洗發水來確保一整天秀發飄飄，那就是在白白浪費錢財。
Amid all this, the humble bathtub's popularity is swirling down the drain.
在酒店行業的這種變革過程中，普通浴缸的受歡迎程度急轉直下。
A proposal to honor the New Orleans cocktail known as the Sazerac has gone down the drain.
一項表彰紐奧良知名雞尾酒薩澤拉克的提案泡湯了。
It's just money down the drain , you know .
你要知道，這是白白丟錢。
Stick it out, or all our efforts will go down the drain.
堅持到底，不然我們所有的努力將會付諸東流。
Across the country, one-third of household water consumption goes down the drain every time a toilet goes flush.
整個中國三分之一的家庭用水都被當沖廁水用掉了。
I can sympathise with your suspicion that the lawyer is money down the drain.
我同意你的看法，即聘請律師是白花錢。
I understand that. Butyou're your heart at ease. I'll not let the money go down the drain.
我明白了，放心吧，我不會讓那些錢白白流走。
Perhaps you simply have to work harder if you sell a product that literally gets washed down the drain.
如果你真的要賣這種真正意義上“被沖下排水溝”的產品的話，也許銀行業者們真該加把勁了。
I did nothing but play and read about Go so my grades were going down the drain.
所有的時間我都用來下圍棋和閱讀有關圍棋的書，結果我的成績一路下滑。
A: I'm afraid that you will let the money go down the drain again. We can't afford to throw away the money.
恐怕你又讓那些錢白白浪費掉，我們承受不起。
Sam has lost interest in flushing underwear down the lavatory, I am pleased to say, but he still likes tipping shampoo down the drain.
不過我可以欣慰地說，Sam對把褲衩放在馬桶里沖掉已經失去興趣了。但他還是喜歡把洗發液往水池里倒。
But by all means continue to be insecure over this while your economy goes down the drain.
我們盡一切辦法讓你們相信，但你們在經濟下滑的背景之下依然會感到不安。
I can hardly play piano now. The 5 years of piano lessons have all gone down the drain.
我現在都不會彈琴了。5年的鋼琴課都白費了。
The organisms that stay in the tube of toothpaste are the fittest. The others get flushed down the drain.
最終，管子是會破的，停留在牙膏管里的是適者，其他的就付之東流了。
And if they turn off the tap, all of your hard work may go down the drain.
而如果他們撤資，你所有的努力都將付之東流。
Let it sit for an hour or so, then run hot water down the drain to clear out the salt.
靜靜等上一個小時，然后倒些熱水清理掉鹽。
Soap molecules surround and lift the germs, friction from rubbing your hands loosens them, and water rinses them down the drain.
肥皂分子包圍并把細菌拉起來，雙手的摩擦使細菌脫離皮膚，然后水把它們沖入下水道。
But it's better than pouring leftover wine down the drain.
但這要比把喝剩的酒倒進下水道里好。
Her sparkling future had gone down the drain; the past years of hard work were wasted.
她光明的未來就這樣被倒進了排水溝里。
Hettie: Yes, he's got the faucet running and it's showing the number of liters he's letting go down the drain while he's brushing his teeth.
荷蒂：對。那小伙子開了水龍頭；螢幕上顯示他刷牙時，任由多少公升水流進水溝里。
You've already spent a lot of money fixing your old car. Spending more is just money down the drain.
你已經花了很多錢修那輛舊車。再花錢就是白白浪費。
