drain on cash

基本解释

Focusing only on how much you're going to pay yourself will detract from 3 the overall purpose of the business and could drain the company of necessary cash resources during critical growth phases.
纠缠于应当给自己多少薪水只会弱化你企业的整体目标并有可能在企业成长的重要阶段消耗急需的现金资源。
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Nevertheless, now that Chemapol has drifted into trouble, they are a distraction and a drain on capital and cash flow.
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It is a time-waster, they say, a drain on family incomes, a usurper of land and water better used for cash and export crops like coffee, and possibly a dangerous narcotic too.
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They know on the other side are multiple tax increases and mandatory budget cuts that will drain cash from consumers and businesses, which many economists predict will lead to another recession.
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