bankrupt
英 ['b??kr?pt]
美['b??kr?pt]
- adj. 破產的
- vt. 使破產
- n. [經] 破產者
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詞態變化
第三人稱單數:?bankrupts;過去式:?bankrupted;過去分詞:?bankrupted;現在分詞:?bankrupting;
中文詞源
bankrupt 破產
bank, 凳子。詞根rupt, 破，見corrupt. 來自14世紀時威尼斯貨幣商人如破產則砸碎凳子。
英文詞源
- bankrupt (adj.)
- 1560s, from Italian banca rotta, literally "a broken bench," from banca "moneylender's shop," literally "bench" (see bank (n.1)) + rotta "broken, defeated, interrupted" from (and remodeled on) Latin rupta, fem. past participle of rumpere "to break" (see rupture (n.)). "[S]o called from the habit of breaking the bench of bankrupts" [Klein]. Earlier in English as a noun, "bankrupt person" (1530s).
- bankrupt (v.)
- 1550s, from bankrupt (adj.). Related: Bankrupted; bankrupting.
雙語例句
- 1. It was touch and go whether we'd go bankrupt.
- 我們是否會破產還很難說。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. He was declared bankrupt after failing to pay a ￡114m loan guarantee.
- 由于無力償還1.14億英鎊的貸款擔保，他被宣布破產。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. The company was adjudged bankrupt.
- 該公司被宣判破產。
來自《權威詞典》
- 4. They went bankrupt in 1993.
- 他們于1993年破產。
來自《權威詞典》
- 5. He seemed to be bankrupt of hope and confidence.
- 他似乎毫無希望和信心.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》