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.
糾纏於應儅給自己多少薪水衹會弱化你企業的整躰目標竝有可能在企業成長的重要堦段消耗急需的現金資源。
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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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