drain /dreɪn/ CET4 TEM4 ( draining, drained, drains )

• 1. 

  V-T/V-I If you drain a liquid from a place or object, you remove the liquid by causing it to flow somewhere else. If a liquid drains somewhere, it flows there. 使流走; 流走

  例：

  Miners built the tunnel to drain water out of the mines.

  矿工们开掘了隧道以将水排出矿井。

  例：

  Now the focus is on draining the water.

  现在的焦点是排水。

• 2. 

  V-T/V-I If you drain a place or object, you dry it by causing water to flow out of it. If a place or object drains, water flows out of it until it is dry. 排干; 流干

  例：

  The authorities have mobilized vast numbers of people to drain flooded land and build or repair dikes.

  当局动员了大批民众为遭受洪灾的地区排涝并修建或修复堤坝。

• 3. 

  V-T/V-I If you drain food or if food drains, you remove the liquid that it has been in, especially after it has been cooked or soaked in water. 使沥干; 沥干

  例：

  Drain the pasta well, arrange on four plates and pour over the sauce.

  把意大利面条沥干水，摆放在4个盘子里，倒上调味品。

• 4. 

  V-T/V-I If the colour or the blood drains or is drained from someone's face, they become very pale. You can also say that someone's face drains or is drained of colour. 使 (色泽) 消退; (色泽) 消退 [文学性]

  例：

  Harry felt the colour drain from his face.

  亨利感到脸上没有了血色。

• 5. 

  V-T If something drains you, it leaves you feeling physically and emotionally exhausted. 使心力交瘁

  例：

  My emotional turmoil had drained me.

  困惑焦灼的情绪使我心力交瘁。

• 6. 

  drained ADJ 使心力交瘁的

  例：

  I began to suffer from headaches, which left me feeling completely drained.

  我开始感到头痛，它使我感到精疲力竭。

• 7. 

  V-T If you say that a country's or a company's resources or finances are drained, you mean that they are used or spent completely. 耗尽 (资源、资金)

  例：

  The state's finances have been drained by drought and civil disorder.

  国家财政已经被旱灾和内乱消耗殆尽了。

• 8. 

  N-COUNT A drain is a pipe that carries water or sewage away from a place, or an opening in a surface that leads to the pipe. 排水管; 下水道; 排水沟

  例：

  Tony built his own house and laid his own drains.

  托尼盖了自己的房子,铺设了自己的排水管道。

• 9. 

  N-SING If you say that something is a drain on an organization's finances or resources, you mean that it costs the organization a large amount of money, and you do not think that it is worth it. (资源、资金的) 外流; 消耗

  例：

  ...an ultramodern printing plant, which has been a big drain on resources.

  …一个消耗大量资源的超级现代化印刷厂。

• 10. 

  PHRASE If you say that something is going down the drain, you mean that it is being destroyed or wasted. 被破坏掉; 被浪费掉 [非正式]

  例：

  They were aware that their public image was rapidly going down the drain.

  他们意识到自己的公众形象正被迅速地破坏掉。