All our efforts went down the drain.
我们的努力全白费了。
Leaves choke the drain.
树叶把下水道塞住了。
Don't drink it all! Leave me a drain.
不要把它喝光！给我留一口。
Leave the dishes to drain.
把碟子控干。
Leaves stopped up the drain.
落叶把排水沟都填满了。
The water
drained slowly from the bathtub after I turned off the faucet.
我关掉水龙头后，浴缸里的水慢慢排空。
After a heavy rainstorm, the streets were
drained of积水. (大雨过后，街道上的积水被排干了。
The plumber came to fix the drain that was clogged with hair and debris.
水管工来修理被头发和杂物堵塞的下水道。
Drain the oil from the car engine before changing it.
更换汽车引擎机油前，先将其排出。
The kitchen sink is draining well; there's no need to worry.
厨房水槽排水良好，不用担心。
The plumber suggested installing a backwater valve to prevent sewage from draining into the home.
水管工建议安装一个防反流阀以防止污水倒灌进房屋。
The teacher asked the students to drain the contents of their water bottles before leaving the classroom.
老师要求学生们在离开教室前将水瓶里的水倒掉。
The old house had a faulty drain system that required constant repairs.
那栋老房子的排水系统有问题，需要经常维修。
The garden hose was
drained completely, revealing the dry soil underneath.
花园软管完全排空，露出了下面干燥的土壤。
The city workers are working on draining the flooded area to restore normalcy.
城市工人正在努力排干被水淹没的区域，以恢复常态。
Competition in the flash charging sector has intensified, because the more time people spend on their smartphones, the faster its batteries drain out.
闪充行业的竞争加剧了，因为人们在智能手机上花费的时间越多，电池消耗的速度就越快。
Instead of the traditional way of charging the drained batteries of EVs, a battery-switch station enables drivers to quickly swap depleted batteries for charged ones, with the whole process taking no more than five minutes.
与传统的电动汽车耗尽电池充电方式不同，电池开关站使驾驶员能够快速将耗尽的电池换成充电的电池，整个过程不超过五分钟。
The company also cited the strong US dollar and lower battery-replacement prices as a drain on sales.
Many Ofo users have taken to social media to say that the videos will be a drain on their mobile data allowance, despite these types of video advertisements being commonplace on many online platforms, such as Weibo and Toutiao.
With the annual monsoonal rains, and with a threat of major rivers overflowing, Colombo had no proper tunnels in place to drain out the rain waters, Ranawaka added.
Meanwhile, Xiao Zhuqing, general manger of Shandong Wenhe Wine Group, said Moutai experienced a brain drain as some senior employees went to work at various other liquor firms nationwide, and Moutai needs to hire a large number of new employees.
com, said China Unicom is highly likely to attract an investor from among the ranks of internet giants such as Tencent Holdings Ltd, Baidu Inc and Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. "China Unicom is suffering from a brain drain.
The buzz phrase cropped up again and again at the 2022 China International Fair for Trade in Services, or CIFTIS, held in Beijing in September, as hundreds of thousands of visitors realized the benefits of bamboo-made disposable tableware, neon signs that glow without being plugged in, and hydrogen fuel cells that drain only water, which were all on display.
The city faces a brain drain due to pandemic prevention measures, but Tse believes this is a short-term factor.
During the visit, Shi express her worries about the talent drain in her village.
With most ski venues operating seasonally, they now face a severe problem of brain drain, Wu said.
That's because self-driving technology is a huge power drain.
- China's central bank drained liquidity from the banking system through open market operations on Thursday.
- China's central bank drained liquidity from the banking system through open market operations on Tuesday.
The People's Bank of China (PBOC) injected 480 billion yuan into the markets via reverse repo operations from Sept 14 to 18, and drained 620 billion yuan from the markets as the same amount of reserve repo agreements matured.
The People's Bank of China injected 620 billion yuan of liquidity into the markets via reverse repo operations from Sept 7 to 11, and drained 390 billion yuan from the markets as the same amount of reserve repo agreements matured.
"The PBOC may roll over some of the expiring interbank funds this month, with the help of a more accommodative fiscal position, to deal with the liquidity drain amid more government bond issuances.
According to official data, the PBOC drained 683.9 billion yuan of liquidity through the medium-term lending facility in the second quarter of this year, compared with a net injection of 840.5 billion yuan in the first quarter.
But the country must further improve the operation of key public hospitals, increase fiscal inputs and devise appropriate policies to help them improve their efficiency and prevent brain drain, because they cannot merely satisfy daily public demand for high-quality health services, but must also play an indispensable role in combating the spread of epidemics.
China's central bank drained 50 billion yuan ($7.14 billion) from the financial system on Wednesday.
While the new measures are likely to drain market liquidity and cause stock prices to decline in the short term, the relaxed rules will make it easier for companies to obtain capital and improve their long-term asset quality and profitability, they said.
The index once slumped below the psychologically important level of 2900 points in intraday trading as investors worried about a liquidity drain as a result of the relaxed financing rules.
The central bank drained 73.4 billion yuan of net cash from the market in October.
China's central bank drained 3.5 billion yuan ($497 million) from the market Tuesday, with more medium-term lending facility (MLF) maturing than conducted.
China's central bank drained 30 billion yuan ($4.24 billion) from the financial system Friday.
China's central bank drained 250 billion yuan ($35.36 billion) from the financial system Tuesday.
China's central bank drained 40 billion yuan ($5.68 billion) from the financial system Wednesday, with more reverse repos maturing than conducted.
China's central bank drained 10 billion yuan ($1.42 billion) from the financial system Tuesday, with more reverse repos maturing than conducted.
BEIJING- China's central bank drained 10 billion yuan ($1.42 billion) from the financial system Monday, with more reverse repos maturing than conducted.
But stock analysts believed that the new board is unlikely to drain liquidity from the overall market or cause a sharp market slump given the relatively small scale of the new board.
Of all the reclaimed water, 700,000 tons drain into the river and 300,000 tons are recycled to return water to dwindling rivers or irrigate the meadows at the plant.
China's central bank drained 50 billion yuan ($7.25 billion) from the financial system Tuesday, with more reverse repos maturing than conducted.
China's central bank drained 50 billion yuan ($7.26 billion) from the financial system Monday, with more reverse repos maturing than conducted.
The People's Bank of China said liquidity had been at a relatively high level, and could offset factors such as reverse repos maturing that drain liquidity from the market.
The People's Bank of China said liquidity has been at a relatively high level, and could offset factors that drain liquidity from the market.
With 20 billion yuan ($2.9 billion) of reverse repos maturing Tuesday, the People's Bank of China (PBOC) effectively drained the same amount of liquidity from the market.
China's central bank drained 160 billion yuan ($23.33 billion) from the financial system Friday, with more reverse repos maturing than conducted.
China's central bank continued to drain liquidity from the financial system Thursday, with more reverse repos maturing than conducted.
China's central bank drained liquidity from the financial system Wednesday, with more reverse repos maturing than conducted.
China's central bank drained 90 billion yuan ($13 billion) from the financial system on Tuesday to ensure stable liquidity.
"Falling Chinese rates could make holding dollar assets relatively more attractive than holding renminbi assets, resulting in a drain of funding from the system as money leaves the country," said He.
China's central bank drained 210 billion yuan ($30.57 billion) from the financial system this week as liquidity remained ample.
China's central bank drained 20 billion yuan ($3 billion) from the financial system on Monday to ensure stable liquidity.
China's central bank drained 100 billion yuan (about $15.1 billion) from the financial system through open market operations Thursday, with the volume of maturing securities exceeding new injections.
- China's central bank drained 150 billion yuan ($23 billion) from the financial system through open market operations Wednesday, with the volume of maturing securities exceeding new injections.
China's central bank drained 90 billion yuan (about $14 billion) from the financial system through open market operations Tuesday, with the volume of maturing securities exceeding new injections.
BEIJING- China's central bank drained 70 billion yuan ($11 billion) from the financial system through open market operations Thursday, with the volume of maturing securities exceeding new injections.
A total of 140 billion yuan of liquidity has been drained from the market this week.
China's central bank drained 20 billion yuan ($3.1 billion) from the financial system through open market operations Thursday, with the volume of maturing securities exceeding new injections.
China's central bank drained 70 billion yuan ($11 billion) from the financial system through open market operations Thursday, with the volume of maturing securities exceeding new injections.
The People's Bank of China (PBOC) drained liquidity from the financial system via open market operations this week after a reserve requirement ratio (RRR) cut injected hundreds of billions of yuan into the market.
China's central bank on Wednesday drained 50 billion yuan ($7.94 billion) from the financial system through open market operations.
China's central bank on Friday drained 20 billion yuan ($3.16 billion) from the banking system via open market operations.
China's central bank on Thursday drained 10 billion yuan ($1.58 billion) from the financial system through open market operations.
"The new rules will help drain illegal funds in the stock market," said Pan Xiangdong, chief economist at New Times Securities.
A total of 290 billion yuan of liquidity has been drained from the market this week.
A total of 320 billion yuan of liquidity have been drained from the market in the last five trading days.
BEIJING — China's central bank on Thursday drained 10 billion yuan ($1.52 billion) from the financial system through open market operations.
The central bank drained a net 510 billion yuan via open market operations last week, the largest weekly withdrawal in nearly 10 months.
Maturing MLF will drain a total of 439.5 billion yuan from the market in October.
BEIJING — China's central bank drained 80 billion yuan ($12.1 billion) from the financial system through open market operations on Monday, with the volume of maturing securities exceeding new injections.
China's central bank drained 50 billion yuan ($7.5 billion) from the financial system through open market operations Monday as the volume of maturing securities exceeded new injections.
China's central bank drained 60 billion yuan ($8.9 billion) from the financial system through open market operations Monday, with the volume of maturing securities exceeding new injections.
The central bank will likely continue to drain funds from the financial system this week as liquidity conditions improve, China Securities said in an analysis note.
That will result in a net cash injection of 20 billion yuan, as 50 billion yuan of reverse repos are due to mature on Wednesday to drain the same amount of liquidity from the market.
The operation offset maturing reverse repos that will drain the same amount of liquidity from the market Tuesday.
With 70 billion yuan ($10.3 billion) of reverse repos maturing Thursday, the same amount of cash was drained from the market by the People's Bank of China (PBOC).
With 70 billion yuan ($10.3 billion) of reverse repos maturing on Monday, the same amount of cash was drained from the market by the People's Bank of China (PBOC).
Even with Tuesday's injection, liquidity remains strained as maturing MLFs will drain 430 billion yuan from the market in June.
Maturing reverse repos will drain a total of 470 billion yuan from the market this week, while another 224.3 billion yuan will be drained due to maturing MLF.
China's top securities watchdog slowed down on approving A-share initial public offerings (IPOs), in a bid to quell liquidity drain and market volatility.
The People's Bank of China (PBOC) conducted 210 billion yuan (about $30.6 billion) of reverse repos, which, offset by the same amount of maturing reverse repos, resulted in no cash pumped into or drained from the market.
The 12-day suspension has led to a total of 450 billion yuan being drained from the banking system.
The aging trend has triggered discussions about whether China's ballooning senior population will drain public finances, strain the workforce and ultimately stymie economic growth in the coming years.