小词活用榨干某人是什么意思 _生活经验

drain 既可作名词，也可作动词。作名词指「下水道」，作动词的基本含义是「排空，排干」，相当于gradually empty sth 。
举一个美剧《摩登家庭》中的例子：You didn't drain the water yet, did you ?

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drain由其本义，引申出抽象意义上「耗尽，耗光」的意思，有以下几个具体的用法，我们来逐个讲解：
1.表示「令人筋疲力尽」(to make someone feel very tired and without any energy)，后面直接跟着人：drain sb ，相当于make sb very tired, exhaust sb 。举几个例子：
这场长途旅行使我精疲力尽。
The long trip completely drained me.
整天和小孩打交道真是让人疲惫不堪。
Working with children all day really drains you.
我们来造个句：
工作计划太多只会榨干你，导致你的注意力很难集中。
An overloaded schedule can drain you so much that you become unfocused.
总结：exhaust sb, make sb very tired → drain sb
2.表示「耗尽」精力(If energy drains or is drained from you, you lose all energy and become very tired) 。比如：
焦虑会耗尽你的精力。Anxiety drains your energy.
3.表示「耗尽」金钱 (to use too much of something, especially money, so that there is not enough left) 。比如：
我母亲的住院开销把我的收入渐渐耗光了。My mother's hospital expenses were slowly draining my income.
电影《婚姻故事》中有这样一句话：

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And in doing so, you're draining money from your kid's education.
美剧《无所作为》(The Undoing)里也出现了这个词：

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He did drain our bank account some.
再比如《华盛顿邮报》一篇关于疫情下各行各业状况的文章有这样一句话：

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Restaurants and local retailers are draining whatever cash reserves are left—with many owners wondering if the next week might be their last.
总结：use up money→ drain money
我们接着来看一些与drain相关的动词短语。
drain sb of sth
这个短语表示「耗尽某人的...」。意思近似于use up sth 。
举几个例子：
War drains a nation of its youth and its wealth.
战争会耗尽一个国家的青年群体和财富。
The company has been drained of its cleverest men.
该公司的最优秀人才都流失了。
Eleanor has such a pessimistic attitude that being around her just drains
me of energy.
埃莉诺态度消极，在她身边就耗尽了我的精力。

sth drains away
本来是指水「流走，流出...」，转而喻指某种情绪或状态「逐渐平息，慢慢消失」。比如：
Anger drains away. 愤怒逐渐平息。
Confidence drains away. 自信渐渐消失。
我们再来看两个外刊中的例子：
据Reuters报导，英国数一数二的连锁酒吧品牌Wetherspoon（威瑟斯本），由于疫情导致的“封城”，损失惨重，文章标题是这样写的：

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Wetherspoon profits drain awayto ￡34m loss after ‘erratic’ lockdown.混乱的封锁政策导致威瑟斯本利润暴跌，亏损高达三千四百万英镑。
Bloomberg一篇报道描写了印度贫民在疫情下的艰难生活，其中有这么一句话：
Nafisa watched her baby's life drain away. She and her husband struggle to make even 1 rupee(1 cent) a day from their tailoring business after India went into a Covid-19 lockdown in March.
娜菲莎(Nafisa)无奈地看着孩子的生命在眼前消逝。自三月以来，印度为遏制新冠疫情的蔓延实行了“封城” 。受此影响，娜菲莎和丈夫的裁缝生意一落千丈，一天甚至连1卢比（折合美元为1美分）都挣不到。
【小词活用榨干某人是什么意思】我们可以把sb's life drain away这个表达记下来，用来表示因病去世。

小词活用 榨干某人是什么意思

小词活用榨干某人是什么意思