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单词 down the drain
释义 down the drain
1. 被浪费掉;失去;完蛋,化为乌有
The aid scheme to the company appears to be money down the drain. 对那家公司的援助计划看来是把钱扔进水里。
All the chances for negotiations were down the drain. 所有的谈判机会都错失了。
land sb. down the drain 使某人完蛋
Their reputations would go down the drain. 他们将会名誉扫地。
We had to scrap everything and start again —six months' work down the drain! 我们不得不推倒一切,重新开始——6个月的工作全白费了。
2. 被略去,不被考虑;被遗忘
Thirty new television programs were selected. The rest went down the drain. 30个新的电视节目入选,其余的都取消了。
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