"down the drain" en Chinese (Simplified)
白费了打水漂
Definición
“Down the drain” 意指某事被浪费或失去,通常是指金钱、时间或努力没有成果。
Notas de Uso (Chinese (Simplified))
通常口语,用于表达浪费金钱、时间或努力的沮丧。常见搭配:'money/time down the drain',不是字面意思表达物品真的进入下水道。
Ejemplos
All my hard work went down the drain.
我所有的努力都**白费了**。
After the project failed, the money was down the drain.
项目失败后,钱都**打水漂了**。
If you quit now, everything you've done will be down the drain.
如果你现在放弃,之前做的一切都会**白费了**。
All that money just went down the drain because of a tiny mistake.
就因为一个小错误,所有的钱都**打水漂了**。
I can't believe all my vacation savings are down the drain now.
真不敢相信我的度假积蓄现在全都**白费了**。
We spent months planning, but when it rained on the wedding day, it all went down the drain.
我们花了几个月策划,但婚礼当天一场雨让一切都**白费了**。