go down the drain

go down the drain

美 　英

• na.(人)每況愈下；(資金等)被浪費；(計劃等)失敗
• 網絡前功盡棄；破產；白費心機

英漢解釋

na.	1. (情況)愈來愈壞,(人)每況愈下 2. (資金等)被浪費;(計劃等)失敗,破產

例句

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？

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。

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。

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。

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。

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。

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。

If you read any further all those years you spent admiring the machismo of super cars might just go down the drain.

如果再讀下去你這些年對超級跑車男人氣概的敬仰就會瞬間消失。

The summit was sure to go down the drain if we played our "hole card" of blockade against the area.

如果我們打出封鎖那地區這張“得分牌”，最高級會談肯定會告吹。

Well, they go down the drain if you don't have disability insurance.

那么，如果你沒有傷殘保險，他們付諸東流。

I can't believe it, four years go down the drain.

我不能相信四年的時間就這樣流逝。

Waste cooking oil doesn't have to go down the drain;

廢棄食用油的歸宿不一定是下水道；