a drain on something

USE/CONSUMEsomething that continuously uses a lot of time, money etc 大量耗费某物的事物

The war was an enormous drain on the country’s resources.

这场战争大量消耗了国家的资源。

Examples from the Corpus

drain on ... resources• Surely it would be a drain on Party resources that it can ill afford.• A second cost to the Free Church of its political involvement is a drain on leadership resources.• It is a drain on their resources.• The parish is a drain on resources, no doubt about it.• As in many areas, an increasingly ageing population was becoming an added drain on scant resources.• This unexpected added drain on his resources was stretching his bank balance to the limit, and beyond.• A costly and illogical drain on its scant resources.• William I had introduced knight service, a repeated drain on local resources.

→ a drain on something at drain2(1)

词汇	a drain on something
释义	a drain on something a drain on something USE/CONSUMEsomething that continuously uses a lot of time, money etc 大量耗费某物的事物 The war was an enormous drain on the country’s resources. 这场战争大量消耗了国家的资源。 Examples from the Corpus drain on ... resources• Surely it would be a drain on Party resources that it can ill afford.• A second cost to the Free Church of its political involvement is a drain on leadership resources.• It is a drain on their resources.• The parish is a drain on resources, no doubt about it.• As in many areas, an increasingly ageing population was becoming an added drain on scant resources.• This unexpected added drain on his resources was stretching his bank balance to the limit, and beyond.• A costly and illogical drain on its scant resources.• William I had introduced knight service, a repeated drain on local resources. → a drain on something at drain2(1)
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