drain

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drain 作名词指排水沟或消耗,作动词表示排出液体、喝光或耗尽资源。

用法要点

句型搭配

作为及物动词时,常接宾语表示排出或耗尽某物;作为不及物动词时,可单独使用或与介词搭配。

• drain the water
• drain the battery
• drain away

介词用法

常与介词 from、of、away 搭配,表示从某处排出或耗尽某物,如 drain water from the sink 或 drain the tank of fuel。

• drain from the pipe
• drain of energy
• drain away slowly

语域说明

在正式和非正式语境中均常用,名词多用于日常或技术描述,动词在比喻用法中常见于商务或学术场景。

• kitchen drain
• financial drain
• drain resources

基础例句

Please drain the pasta before adding the sauce.

请先把意大利面沥干,再加酱汁。

The heavy rain caused the drain to overflow in the street.

大雨导致街上的排水沟溢出来了。

I need to drain my glass of water; I'm so thirsty!

我得把杯子里的水喝光,我太渴了!

After a long day at work, I feel completely drained.

工作一整天后,我感觉筋疲力尽。

高级例句

The new policy aims to drain excess liquidity from the financial market to control inflation.

新政策旨在从金融市场排出过剩流动性以控制通货膨胀。

In the experiment, we observed how the solution drained through the filter paper over time.

在实验中,我们观察了溶液如何随时间通过滤纸排出。

The company's expansion plans have drained significant capital, requiring a review of financial strategies.

公司的扩张计划耗尽了大量资金,需要重新审视财务策略。

Urban development often involves installing efficient drain systems to manage stormwater runoff.

城市发展通常涉及安装高效的排水系统来管理雨水径流。

高频搭配

verb

drain waterdrain energydrain resourcesdrain the batterydrain the swamp

adjective

kitchen drainstorm drainfinancial drainemotional drainbrain drain

noun

drain pipedrain holedrain systemdrain coverdrain age

adverb

drain quicklydrain completelydrain slowlydrain effectively

preposition

drain fromdrain ofdrain intodrain away

phrase

down the draindrain the cupdrain one's strengthdrain the color from

常见错误

❌ 错误:I drained the water out the sink.
✓ 正确:I drained the water from the sink.

错误在于使用了 'out' 作为介词,而 'drain' 通常与 'from' 搭配表示从某处排出,应改为 'from the sink' 以符合习惯用法。

❌ 错误:The long meeting drained my patient.
✓ 正确:The long meeting drained my patience.

错误在于混淆了 'patient'(病人)和 'patience'(耐心),'drain' 在比喻用法中常与抽象名词如耐心、能量搭配,应使用 'patience' 表示耗尽耐心。

近义词辨析

exhaust

exhaust 强调完全耗尽,尤指体力或资源,语气比 drain 更强,常指达到极限;drain 更侧重于逐渐排出或消耗,可用于液体或比喻。

The marathon exhausted me (完全耗尽体力) vs. The work drained my energy (逐渐消耗能量)。

deplete

deplete 通常指大量减少资源或储备,多用于正式或环境语境,如自然资源;drain 更通用,可用于液体排出或比喻性消耗,如时间或精力。

Overfishing depletes fish stocks (大量减少资源) vs. Stress drains my motivation (逐渐消耗动力)。