英 [ˈdreɪnɪŋ] 美 [ˈdreɪnɪŋ]
adj. 使枯竭的；使筋疲力尽的
v. 排水；使枯竭；逐渐消失（drain 的现在分词）
drain /dreɪn/ CET4 TEM4 [ draining drained drains ]
及物动词/不及物动词 If you drain a liquid from a place or object, you remove the liquid by causing it to flow somewhere else. If a liquid drains somewhere, it flows there. 使流走; 流走
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。
Now the focus is on draining the water.
现在的焦点是排水。
及物动词/不及物动词 If you drain a place or object, you dry it by causing water to flow out of it. If a place or object drains, water flows out of it until it is dry. 排干; 流干
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。
及物动词/不及物动词 If you drain food or if food drains, you remove the liquid that it has been in, especially after it has been cooked or soaked in water. 使沥干; 沥干
Drain the pasta well, arrange on four plates and pour over the sauce.
把意大利面条沥干水，摆放在4个盘子里，倒上调味品。
及物动词/不及物动词 If the colour or the blood drains or is drained from someone's face, they become very pale. You can also say that someone's face drains or is drained of colour. 使 (色泽) 消退; (色泽) 消退
Harry felt the colour drain from his face.
亨利感到脸上没有了血色。
及物动词 If something drains you, it leaves you feeling physically and emotionally exhausted. 使心力交瘁
My emotional turmoil had drained me.
困惑焦灼的情绪使我心力交瘁。
形容词 使心力交瘁的
I began to suffer from headaches, which left me feeling completely drained.
我开始感到头痛，它使我感到精疲力竭。
及物动词 If you say that a country's or a company's resources or finances are drained, you mean that they are used or spent completely. 耗尽 (资源、资金)
The state's finances have been drained by drought and civil disorder.
国家财政已经被旱灾和内乱消耗殆尽了。
可数名词 A drain is a pipe that carries water or sewage away from a place, or an opening in a surface that leads to the pipe. 排水管; 下水道; 排水沟
Tony built his own house and laid his own drains.
托尼盖了自己的房子,铺设了自己的排水管道。
单数型名词 If you say that something is a drain on an organization's finances or resources, you mean that it costs the organization a large amount of money, and you do not think that it is worth it. (资源、资金的) 外流; 消耗
...an ultramodern printing plant, which has been a big drain on resources.
…一个消耗大量资源的超级现代化印刷厂。
习语 If you say that something is going down the drain, you mean that it is being destroyed or wasted. 被破坏掉; 被浪费掉
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。
having a debilitating effect
同义词： exhausting
宣泄-引用次数：4
参考来源《史记》士形象论
排水-引用次数：2
敷设排水渠道
... wearying 动词weary的现在进行... draining 排水 shattering 震惊的 ...
... dot notation 点符号 draining 排干 driver 驱动 ...
[矿业]排水；敷设排水渠道；倾浆
[矿业]排水；使枯竭；逐渐消失（drain的现在分词）
Now the focus is on draining the water.
现在的焦点是排水。
The increased yield and price of land justified reclaiming and draining even more land.
产量的增长和土地价格的上升证明，开垦更多的土地、并为更多的土地排水的做法是合理的。
My mother's hospital expenses were slowly draining my income.
我母亲的住院开销把我的收入渐渐耗光了。
it's a little draining to be around so many people.
周围有这么多人的话就有点筋疲力尽了。
SpeakingMax英语口语达人 : 住宿环境怎样？
After the week-long, at times draining, services of Holy Week, Rome is still up for a celebration.
With treatment, which usually involves antibiotics and sometimes draining of the wound, about 75 percent survive.
It was light at the end of a draining day, more like relief than joy.