点滴英语天天学第142期:分手了!(拓展语汇21)

分手也就意味着恋情的终止，我们今天就继续来学习与“恋情的终止”非常流行的俚语，这些俚语具有很强的表现力来描述我们的情感。

1. 表述：go down the tubes

解析：To fail; to be ruined or destroyed. （失败，被毁灭）

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

因为我父亲的公司新来了一位无能的总裁，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.

自从杰克大肆赌博以来，我们所有的积蓄都付诸东流了。

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

在Jeff发现Mica背着他和他最好的朋友约会后，他们很快就分手了。

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

看到她一切的计划全都失败了，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.（失败，被毁灭，化为乌有，白白浪费）

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为了开咖啡店问我借了我的积蓄。这家店起先倒还赚钱，可是后来有人在同一条街上开了家更大的咖啡店。我弟弟竞争不过他们只好停业，我借给他的钱也全都泡汤了。

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

如果怀特先生的书不被接受出版的话，他去年的勤奋工作都白费了。

The education system is going down the strain.

教育系统正在走下坡路。

我们今天学习了2个非常有表现力的表述法。Hope thatyoucanbearthem in your mind. 这也是雅思考试必备的词汇哦！