點滴英語天天學第142期:分手了!(拓展語彙21)

分手也就意味着戀情的終止，我們今天就繼續來學習與“戀情的終止”非常流行的俚語，這些俚語具有很強的表現力來描述我們的情感。

1. 表述：go down the tubes

解析：To fail; to be ruined or destroyed. （失敗，被毀滅）

例句：My father's company is going down the tubes because of the incompetent new CEO.

因爲我父親的公司新來了一位無能的總裁，公司正在走下坡路。

All of our savings have gone down the tubes ever since Jack had his little gambling spree.

自從傑克大肆賭博以來，我們所有的積蓄都付諸東流了。

Monica and Jeff’s relationship went down the tubes after he discovered she was also dating his best friend behind his back.

在Jeff發現Mica揹着他和他最好的朋友約會後，他們很快就分手了。

She cried when she saw all her plans go down the drain.

看到她一切的計劃全都失敗了，她哭了。

2. 表述： go down the drain

解析：To fail; to be ruined or destroyed. To be squandered or wastefully discarded.（失敗，被毀滅，化爲烏有，白白浪費）

例句： Joe borrowed my savings to open a coffee shop. It made money at first but then somebody opened a bigger place down the street. This competition put my brother out of business and all the money I lent him went down the drain.

Joe爲了開咖啡店問我借了我的積蓄。這家店起先倒還賺錢，可是後來有人在同一條街上開了家更大的咖啡店。我弟弟競爭不過他們只好停業，我借給他的錢也全都泡湯了。

All Mr white's hard work went down the drain last year when his book was not accepted for publication.

如果懷特先生的書不被接受出版的話，他去年的勤奮工作都白費了。

The education system is going down the strain.

教育系統正在走下坡路。

我們今天學習了2個非常有表現力的表述法。Hope thatyoucanbearthem in your mind. 這也是雅思考試必備的詞彙哦！