| 单词 | bleed |
| 释义 | bleed bleed // verb (bled, bled //)
1 [+ obj or no obj] (used especially in the continuous tenses) (about a company) to lose a large amount of sth, especially money or jobs: The business is bleeding cash at the rate of about $1 million a day. The fishing industry has been bleeding jobs for years. The group's consumer electronics division is bleeding heavily.
2 [+ obj] to take away a large amount of sb's money or resources: The banking system has been bled of resources by the government this year.
IDIOMS
bleed sb dry/white to take away all sb's money: The big corporations are bleeding some of these small countries dry. |
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