"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 • ...

Kolokacji: 1

Grup znaczeniowych: 6

(1) financial, economic

Kolokacji: 2

(2) constant, emotional, steady, net

Kolokacji: 4

Kolokacji: 7

(4) major, French

Kolokacji: 2

(5) main, serious, far, severe

Kolokacji: 4

1. serious drain = poważny odpływ serious drain

The park productions have always been a serious drain on the theater's finances.
The amount of sugar she used in these processes was sometimes a serious drain upon the family resources.
We can do it, but not without a serious drain on overall available power.
Democratic leaders have countered that the cut would provide a tax break for the well-to-do and be a serious drain on Federal revenues.
Welfare dependency has long been seen as a serious drain on tax resources.
By wide agreement, they are a serious drain on the economy, and their huge debts imperil the banking system.
But they operated with little control from above and their high commissions were a serious drain on profits.
Losing a tail is a serious physiological drain on the lizard's resources as well.
Visiting London was a serious drain on our funds for the holidays.
Education was often a serious drain on family resources, and subsidies for school expenses were sporadic.

2. main drain = główny odpływ main drain

3. far drain = daleko odpływ far drain

4. severe drain = poważny odpływ severe drain

(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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