Some simplistically attribute the decline in our public education system to the drain of skilled students by private schools, but far more significant events were at work.
一些人将公共教育体系的衰退简单粗暴地归因于私立学校技能型学生的流失，但更重要的因素仍在发挥其影响。
They were aware that their public image was rapidly going down the drain.
他们意识到自己的公众形象正被迅速地破坏掉。
Gas subsidies remain a heavy drain on the public purse.
天然气补贴依旧是国库的无底洞。
A big drain on the public purse is subsidised domestic gas prices. Removing the subsidy and passing on the cost of gas to consumers was necessary but unpopular.
取消补贴，天然气的费用转移到消费者的肩上是必要的，但却不受民众欢迎。
At present, the residents here are reduced to a great dilemma to drain water in rainy season and sometimes they have to use public toilets.
目前在这里生活的居民往往在雨季期就会遭遇排涝阻碍，卫生条件有的还要靠公厕解决。
Ukraine's logic is clearer. The budget deficit is crippling. A big drain on the public purse is subsidised domestic gas prices.
而乌克兰对目前形势的认识更为清醒，国内预算赤字的影响严重，补贴国内天然气价格造成国库巨大的亏空。
Ukraine's logic is clearer. The budget deficit is crippling. A big drain on the public purse is subsidised domestic gas prices.
而乌克兰对目前形势的认识更为清醒，国内预算赤字的影响严重，补贴国内天然气价格造成国库巨大的亏空。
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