| 词组 | drain |
| 释义 | 1． the drains 常指“( 城镇的) 排水系统”: The drains of the city are clogged. 2． “人才流失”可译成 brain drain， “人才回流”可译成 brain gain，都为可数，但很少用复数形式: They turned a brain drain into a brain gain. 3． 作名词用，后面常跟介词 on 或 of: a big drain on resources an expensive drain on the public purse stop the drain of capital overseas 4． go down the drain 可作“化为乌有”解，drain 常作单数，前面有定冠词: All my work went down the drain. |
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