每天三分钟学英语 第498期:Down the toilet 可不是"在厕所下面"的意思哦

Down the toilet

浪费或失去某物

经常与go/went连用

有时也有一种“可惜”的感觉

好像“某物”掉进马桶冲走了

His whole career went down the toilet because they found out he cheated on his college entrance exams. He'll never work in this industry again.

他整个职业生涯都毁了，因为他们发现他大学入学考试作弊了。他以后永远都没办法干这行了。

Down the drain

白费了，浪费了

意思和down the toilet一致

这里drain就是“下水道”

Well, all my money went down the drain because I listened to your investment advice.

我所有的钱都没了，因为我听了你的投资意见。

Squander¹

挥霍，浪费（金钱，时间）

You squandered² all your savings³ on a new car. Where will you live?

你把你所有的积蓄都挥霍在这辆新车上了。你以后住哪？

Miss an opportunity

错失机会/错失良机

opportunity of a lifetime

一般指“千载难逢的机会”

I've missed the opportunity of a lifetime because I was too worried about failing.

我错过了一个千载难逢的机会，因为我太害怕失败了。

Throw it away

扔掉，放弃，付之东流

这个刚发一般是“抽象的说法”

You're throwing away your promotion⁴ just so you can be with a coworker you like. I think you're making a big mistake.

你为了跟同事谈恋爱就放弃了晋升的大好机会。我觉得这是个天大的错误。

Kiss something goodbye

永远失去某物，说拜拜

这里something可以是很多东西

比如：your 6-pack 你的六块腹肌

If you continue sitting on the couch all day, you'll be kissing your girlfriend goodbye. No girl wants a lazy man.

如果你再继续这样天天坐在沙发里，你就可以跟你的女朋友永别了。没有女人喜欢懒男人。

1 squander   

v.浪费，挥霍

参考例句：

• Don't squander your time in reading those dime novels.不要把你的时间浪费在读那些胡编乱造的廉价小说上。
• Every chance is precious，so don't squander any chance away!每次机会都很宝贵，所以不要将任何一个白白放走。

2 squandered   

v.（指钱，财产等）浪费，乱花( squander的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• He squandered all his money on gambling. 他把自己所有的钱都糟蹋在赌博上了。
• She felt as indignant as if her own money had been squandered. 她心里十分生气，好像是她自己的钱给浪费掉了似的。 来自飘（部分）

3 savings   

n.存款，储蓄

参考例句：

• I can't afford the vacation,for it would eat up my savings.我度不起假，那样会把我的积蓄用光的。
• By this time he had used up all his savings.到这时，他的存款已全部用完。

4 promotion   

n.提升，晋级；促销，宣传

参考例句：

• The teacher conferred with the principal about Dick's promotion.教师与校长商谈了迪克的升级问题。
• The clerk was given a promotion and an increase in salary.那个职员升了级，加了薪。