| 释义 |
brokeBrE /brəʊk/NAmE /broʊk/ adjective [not before noun] (informal) having no money 没钱；囊中羞涩；破产◆I'm always broke by the end of the month. 我总是一到月底就没钱花了。◆During the recession thousands of small businesses went broke (= had to stop doing business). 经济衰退期间成千上万家小企业被迫关门了。◆flat/stony broke (= completely broke) 彻底破产 ➡ see also break verb  ●go for ˈbroke(informal) to risk everything in one determined effort to do sth 孤注一掷●if it ain't ˌbroke, don't ˈfix it(informal) used to say that if sth works well enough, it should not be changed 未损勿修；能用莫换 |