喻指短时间花费大量的钱，如高成本的投入等to waste money

• 网络业还处在“烧钱”的阶段。

  Internet industry is still at the stage of losing money.

• 公司在发展初期，需要创新就需要大量烧钱。

  In the early stages of development companies need innovation and large amounts of money to burn.