bank·rupt

adjective

/ˈbæŋkrʌpt/

without enough money to pay what you owe破产；倒闭 synonym insolvent
- They went bankrupt in 2009.他们于 2009 年破产。
- The company was declared bankrupt in the High Court.那家公司经高等法院宣告破产了。
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Extra Examples
- Hundreds of firms went bankrupt during the recession.经济衰退期间有数百家公司破产。
- She had to pay the mortgage after her husband was declared bankrupt.丈夫被宣告破产后她得支付按揭贷款。
- After the war, Britain was weary and bankrupt.战后，英国疲惫不堪，破产了。
- She lost the house after she was made bankrupt.她破产后失去了房子。
- The firm went bankrupt in 2003 and all its assets were sold off.这家企业于2003年破产，变卖了全部资产。
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Oxford Collocations Dictionary
verbs
- be
- become
- go
- …
adverb
- almost
- nearly
- virtually
- …
preposition
- of
bankrupt (of something) (formal, disapproving) having absolutely nothing of any value完全没有（有价值的东西）
- a government bankrupt of new ideas完全缺乏新观念的政府
- a society that is morally bankrupt道德沦丧的社会

Word Originmid 16th cent.: from Italian banca rotta ‘broken bench’, from banca (from medieval Latin banca, bancus, of Germanic origin) and rompere ‘to break’. The change in the ending was due to association with Latin rupt- ‘broken’.

bank·rupt

noun

/ˈbæŋkrʌpt/

(law)

a person who has been judged by a court to be unable to pay his or her debts（经法院判决的）破产者
- He later became Britain’s biggest bankrupt.他后来成为英国最大的破产者。
Word Originmid 16th cent.: from Italian banca rotta ‘broken bench’, from banca (from medieval Latin banca, bancus, of Germanic origin) and rompere ‘to break’. The change in the ending was due to association with Latin rupt- ‘broken’.

bank·rupt

verb

/ˈbæŋkrʌpt/

Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they bankrupt	/ˈbæŋkrʌpt/ /ˈbæŋkrʌpt/
he / she / it bankrupts	/ˈbæŋkrʌpts/ /ˈbæŋkrʌpts/
past simple bankrupted	/ˈbæŋkrʌptɪd/ /ˈbæŋkrʌptɪd/
past participle bankrupted	/ˈbæŋkrʌptɪd/ /ˈbæŋkrʌptɪd/
-ing form bankrupting	/ˈbæŋkrʌptɪŋ/ /ˈbæŋkrʌptɪŋ/

bankrupt somebody to make somebody bankrupt使破产
- The company was almost bankrupted by legal costs.这家公司为律师费用所累几乎破产。
- The legal fees almost bankrupted us.律师费几乎让我们破产。
Word Originmid 16th cent.: from Italian banca rotta ‘broken bench’, from banca (from medieval Latin banca, bancus, of Germanic origin) and rompere ‘to break’. The change in the ending was due to association with Latin rupt- ‘broken’.

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