"drain" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

drain sustantivo

sustantivo + drain
Kolokacji: 15
brain drain • storm drain • power drain • energy drain • blood drain • ...
drain + sustantivo
Kolokacji: 16
drain pipe • drain hole • drain opening • drain plug • drain line • ...
adjetivo + drain
Kolokacji: 22
financial drain • constant drain • big drain • huge drain • major drain • ...
(1) financial, economic
Kolokacji: 2
1. big drain = duży otwór odpływowy big drain
  • And there were calls for the theatre to close as it had become a big drain on local council finances.
  • But perhaps the biggest drain on the production was a screenplay that never seemed to be completed.
  • These problems caused the biggest drain on the foundation's resources.
  • "It's not like the show's that big a drain," she says.
  • It is a common axiom that the middle classes are the biggest drain on the country, looks quite true.
  • The big economic drain, they said, has been the sluggish real estate market.
  • For 20 years, health care has been a growing sector of the economy, a huge competitive burden and a big drain on the Federal budget.
  • But there's no bigger drain on public funds than financing the dole.
  • "It's not a perfect situation," she said, but "it didn't turn out to be any sort of big financial drain."
  • Some of my explorations are a big drain on the corporations.
2. huge drain = olbrzymi otwór odpływowy huge drain
3. heavy drain = ciężki odpływ heavy drain
4. massive drain = masywny otwór odpływowy massive drain
5. substantial drain = solidny otwór odpływowy substantial drain
6. significant drain = znaczny odpływ significant drain
7. considerable drain = znaczący odpływ considerable drain
(4) major, French
Kolokacji: 2
(5) main, serious, far, severe
Kolokacji: 4
(6) clogged, open, liquid
Kolokacji: 3
preposición + drain
Kolokacji: 4
down the drain • into a drain • of the drain • in the drain

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