to remove all useful, valuable qualities or possessions from a person, thing, or place

That firm sucks its new programmers dry after five years and then fires them. 过五年，等到那个公司吸干了新程序员的才华以后就会解雇他们。

Big cities suck the surrounding towns dry of local talent. 大城市吸干了周围城市的本地人才。

Out-of-town stores have sucked the life out of the city centre. 城外的店铺让市中心失去了活力。