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V-ERG
排出;(使)流出
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.
例句
Miners built the tunnel to drain water out of the mines...
礦工們開鑿了一條地道，以排出礦井里的水。
Now the focus is on draining the water...
現在的重點是把水排走。
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V-ERG
(使)流干;(使)排干
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.
例句
Vast numbers of people have been mobilised to drain flooded land...
大量的人力被動員去排干受澇的土地。
The soil drains freely and slugs aren't a problem.
土壤排水暢通，鼻涕蟲就不會造成什么麻煩。
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V-ERG
（使）（水分）濾去，濾干
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.
例句
Drain the pasta well, arrange on four plates and pour over the sauce...
將意大利面中的水分濾干，放在4個盤子里再淋上調味汁。
Wash the leeks thoroughly and allow them to drain.
徹底清洗韭蔥，再瀝去水分。
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N-COUNT
下水道;排水管;陰溝
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.
例句
Tony built his own house and laid his own drains.
托尼自己蓋了房子并鋪設了下水管道。
...storm drains.
排洪管
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VERB
喝干;喝光
If someone drains a glass, they empty it by drinking what is in it.
例句
Pamela drained her glass and refilled it.
帕梅拉喝完后又續了一杯。
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V-ERG
（使）(臉上血色)消失，消退
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.
例句
Harry felt the colour drain from his face...
哈里覺得他臉上的血色在消失。
Thacker's face drained of colour...
撒克面無人色。
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V-ERG
（情感）消失，消散
If a feeling drains or is drained out of you, it gradually becomes less strong until you no longer feel it.
例句
And then, suddenly, the euphoria began to drain away...
隨后，狂喜的感覺突然開始消失了。
She felt the tension drain out of her...
她感到緊張情緒在消失。
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VERB
使精疲力竭;使心力交瘁
If something drains you, it leaves you feeling physically and emotionally exhausted.
例句
My emotional turmoil had drained me.
紛亂的情緒讓我心力交瘁。
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V-ERG
(使)(精力)耗盡
If energy drains or is drained from you, you lose all energy and become very tired.
例句
As his energy drained away, his despair and worry grew...
當他的精力耗盡時，他的絕望和擔心也增加了。
I can help resolve conflicts that drain energy.
我可以幫助解決消耗精力的沖突。
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N-SING
(金錢或資源的)大量消耗，耗竭，耗費
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 consider that it is worth it.
例句
...an ultra-modern printing plant, which has been a big drain on resources...
資源消耗很大的超現代印刷廠
Fraud trials are often complex and have become an expensive drain on the public purse.
詐騙案通常錯綜復雜，會給公共資金造成巨大損失。
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VERB
用盡;耗盡;用完
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.
例句
The state's finances have been drained by war...
國家財力已經被戰爭消耗殆盡。
The company has steadily drained its cash reserves.
公司已逐漸用完了其現金儲備。
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PHRASE
被毀掉;被浪費掉
If you say that something is going down the drain, you mean that it is being destroyed or wasted.
例句
They were aware that their public image was rapidly going down the drain...
他們意識到他們的公眾形象正迅速被毀掉。
He lamented that four years of his life had gone down the drain because of an injury to his groin.
他痛惜他四年的生活就因大腿根部的傷被毀掉了。
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PHRASE
破產;倒閉
If you say that a business is going down the drain, you mean that it is failing financially.
例句
Small local stores are going down the drain.
當地的小店都倒閉了。