Draining

例句:

• There is no art which one government sooner learns of another, than that of draining money from the pockets of the people. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• The absence of all valves renders it very suitable for draining marshes, and for other similar purposes, as the muddy water and suspended matters will not obstruct its action. 弗雷德里克·科利尔·贝克维尔. 伟大的事实.
• In those countries, the universities are continually draining the church of all its most eminent men of letters. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• Sometimes, I walk; sometimes, I proceed in cabs, draining the pocket of the schoolmaster who then follows in cabs. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• She poured out a cup, and drank it with a frightful avidity, which seemed desirous of draining the last drop in the goblet. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• Garth has drawn me in uncommonly with repairs, draining, that sort of thing: I'm uncommonly out of pocket with one thing or another. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• The knight made his obeisance, and showed his sense of the honour by draining a huge goblet in answer to it. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• Then in 1698 came Thomas Savery, who patented a steam engine that was used in draining mines. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• Centrifugal pumps have been used with great success in lifting large bodies of water to a moderate height, and for draining marshes and other low lands. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• In these he shows the power of points in draining and throwing off the electrical matter, which had hitherto escaped the notice of electricians. 本杰明·富兰克林. 富兰克林自传.
• No, no--see that your tenants don't sell their straw, and that kind of thing; and give them draining-tiles, you know. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.

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