【释义】
牛津：to make sth empty or dry by removing all the liquid from it; to become empty or dry in this way 排空；（使）流光；放干
柯林斯：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
韦氏：to draw off (liquid) gradually or completely 逐渐地或彻底地排干（液体）
【例句】
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。
(Activity without purpose is the drain of your life. 没有目的的活动是对生命的消耗）
商务语义：
动词：
柯林斯：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)
名词：
柯林斯：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
【短语】
be drained of one's energy 筋疲力尽
brain drain 人口外移、人才流失
【例句】
an ultramodern printing plant, which has been a big drain on resources. (drain, n)
…一个消耗大量资源的超级现代化印刷厂。
He approaches the art of negotiation as a game because, as he is usually negotiating for somebody else, he says this helps him drain the emotional content from his conversation. （drain, v)
他视谈判为一种游戏，因为他常常为他人谈判。他说这有助于他从谈话中汲取情感内容。
出处：《剑桥BEC高级真题集第二辑：P22》
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