1. The main drain was blocked.
主下水道被堵住了。

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2. The water swirled down the drain.
水打着旋流进了下水道。

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3. She tipped the dirty water down the drain.
她把脏水倒入了下水道。

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4. We had to call in a plumber to unblock the drain.
我们只得叫个管子工来疏通下水道。

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5. I pumped six ounces, and then had to pour it down the drain.
我吸出来了足有六盎司,然后不得不把它们倒进了下水道。

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6. Having the decision hanging over your head is a huge energy drain.
在你的脑子里反复思考一个决定是会消耗大量能量的。

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7. Hello, my bathroom drain is blocked and I'm giving a party tonight.
你好,我浴室的下水道堵了,而今晚我要办个派对。

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8. Not in clumps, but I noticed more hairs than usual in my comb and the bath drain.
倒不是一把一把地掉,但是我发现梳子上和浴室排水口边的头发比往常多了。

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9. When people wash these clothes, microfibers go down the drain with the wash water.
当人们洗这些衣服时,超细纤维会随着洗涤水一起流到下水道里。

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10. By contrast, dry soils are sandy and porous, their coarse textures permitting water to drain rapidly.
相比之下,干燥的土壤是沙质和多孔的,其粗糙的质地允许了水分的迅速流失。

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11. Endogenous rivers often do not reach the sea but drain into inland basins, where the water evaporates or is lost in the ground.
内源河流通常不会流入大海,而是流入内陆盆地;在那里,水会蒸发或流失到地下。

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12. It is held there by the force of surface tension without which water would drain instantly from any wet surface, leaving it totally dry.
它是由表面张力的力量保持的,没有它,水会立即从任何潮湿的表面流失,使它完全干燥。

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13. That's because quickly growing energy demand requires immense investment in new supply, not to mention the drain of rising energy prices.
这是因为,能源需求的快速增长需要新供应的大量投资,更别说不断上涨的能源价格的消耗了。

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14. In turn, I soon found myself growing anxious there in that restaurant—very anxious—watching Mr. Chen and Mr. Shi drain glass after glass.
相反,我没多久就发现自己在那家餐馆变得紧张起来——非常紧张——看着陈先生和史先生喝光一杯又一杯酒。

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15. Drain the meat and allow it to cool.
把肉晾干,让它冷却。

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16. It's just money down the drain, you know.
你要知道,这是白白丢钱。

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17. Safety standards have gone down the drain.
安全标准根本不管用了。

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18. Harry felt the colour drain from his face.
亨利感到脸上没有了血色。

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19. We had to drain the oil out of the engine.
我们必须把发动机里的机油全部放掉。

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20. He will drain, rather than enrich, the country.
他将耗尽而不是增加国家的财富。

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21. The light was beginning to drain from a violet sky.
光线正开始从紫罗兰色的天空中渐渐消失。

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22. She pulled out the plug and let the water drain away.
她拔起塞子放掉了水。

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23. 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。

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24. Military spending is a huge drain on the country's resources.
军费开支是对国家资源的巨大耗费。

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25. This is fen country – the mills drive pumps that drain the land.
这是一个沼泽国 -这些工厂启动水泵排干地面积水。

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26. 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。

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27. You will need to drain the central heating system before you replace the radiator.
你得先把中央供暖系统的水排净再更换散热器。

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28. 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。

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29. A contractor was hired to drain the reservoir and to excavate soil from one area for replacement with clay.
一个承包商被雇来排干蓄水池里的水,然后挖出其中一块地方的泥土,换上粘土。

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30. Something has stopped the drain up.
某东西把下水道给塞住了。

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