"bleed white" in Chinese (Simplified)
榨取干净榨光
Definition
指从某人、机构或资源中榨取到几乎什么都不剩,通常是指金钱或有价值的东西。
Usage Notes (Chinese (Simplified))
'Bleed white' 是正式且比喻用法,常用于形容被严重榨取财务或资源,常见于新闻和商业语境,不涉及字面意义上的“出血”。
Examples
The high taxes are starting to bleed white many small businesses.
高额税收开始把许多小企业**榨取干净**。
Corrupt officials tried to bleed white the company.
腐败官员试图把公司**榨取干净**。
Years of war have bled white the country's economy.
多年的战争已经把国家的经济**榨取干净**。
If we keep paying these fees, they're going to bleed us white.
如果我们继续缴这些费用,他们会把我们**榨取干净**的。
The new owners are just here to bleed white the factory, not improve it.
新老板们只是来**榨取干净**工厂,而不是改进它的。
They bled the village white, taking every last resource they could find.
他们**榨干**了村庄,把能拿走的最后一丝资源都夺走了。