破产;倒闭
- They were aware that their public image was rapidly going down the drain
他们意识到他们的公众形象正迅速被毁掉。 - 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伤被毁掉了。 - Small local stores are going down the drain.
当地的小店都倒闭了。 - Ho hum, another nice job down the drain.
，又一份好工作泡汤了。 - A single mistake and all that time and money would go down the drain.
只要发生一个错误，全部的时间和金钱就将尽付东流。 - I lead love down the drain.
爱我所领导下的流失。 - Rebecca could not believe that their four-year friendship had gone down the drain.
瑞贝卡不敢相信，四年的友谊就成了过眼云烟。 - It's just money down the drain, you know.
你要知道，这是白白丢钱。 - Don't use the toilet. I don't want stuff down the drain.
别用马桶，别让东西被水冲走了。 - I mean, it would be my whole social life down the drain.
我的意思是，我的全部社交活动将付之东流。 - June: couldn't he just have poured it down the drain?
琼：把油直接倒进排水沟里不就行了吗？ - Butyou're your heart at ease. I'll not let the money go down the drain.
我明白了，放心吧，我不会让那些钱白白流走。 - Flush all those theories down the drain.
把这些理论都冲到下水道里去吧！ - Pour this junk down the drain and get me something good.
把这种蹩脚酒倒到阴沟里，再给我拿些好的来。 - The condemned land was used for a highway cloverleaf; the confiscated liquor was poured down the drain.
征用的土地是用作公路交叉部分的；没收的酒被倒进了水沟里。 - Oh, my god! All my efforts, have gone down the drain.
噢，天啊，我的努力已是前功尽弃了。 - "My esteem for the Japanese government has completely gone down the drain," she said.
她说“我对日本政府的敬重已经完全付诸东流”。 - All our efforts went down the drain when the power went out.
能量用完之后我们的努力全都付诸流水了。 - Never pour the plaster down the drain as it may clog up the pipes.
注意：不要把砂浆倾倒入下水道以免堵塞。 - Stick it out, or all our efforts will go down the drain.
坚持到底，不然我们所有的努力将会付诸东流。 - Safety standards have gone down the drain.
安全标准根本不管用了。 - Ah, money down the drain, if you ask me.
啊，那些钱都打了水漂，要我说的话。 - Most people feel that paying rent is like throwing money down the drain or lining someone else's pockets.
大多数人感觉支付租金就像把钱扔进下水道，或是送到别人的口袋里。 - We don't want all their hard work to go down the drain.
我们不想他们所有的辛勤工作都付之东流。 - We had to scrap everything and start again& six months'work down the drain!
我们得扔掉每件东西重新开始&六个月的工作都白费了！ - The company was still going down the drain. He was still under the influence of the anesthetic.
公司仍是每况愈下。他仍处在麻醉状态。 - He looked as if he'd dropped his mum's car keys down the drain.
看起来他好像是把他妈妈的车钥匙掉进了下水道似的。 - I can't believe it, four years go down the drain.
我不能相信四年的时间就这样流逝。 - I let love down the drain.
我却让爱情付诸东流。 - If you leave college, all that money has gone down the drain!
你要是中断大学的学习，你花的钱就会都付诸东流了。