bankrupt

英 ['bæŋkrʌpt] 美 ['bæŋkrʌpt]

• adj. 破产的；道德败坏的；枯竭的
• n. 破产者；无知的人
• vt. 使破产

双解释义

adj. (形容词)

1. 破产的,倒闭的

   unable to pay one's debts

2. 完全缺乏的

   lacking in a particular desirable quality

n. (名词)

1. [C]破产者

   person who is bankrupt

v. (动词)

1. vt. 使破产,使枯竭,使极端贫困

   make bankrupt or very poor

详尽释义

adj. 形容词

1. 破产的，倒闭的，无力偿还债务的，无支付力的
2. 有关破产的
3. 已完全失败的，枯竭的
4. 完全丧失的，垮了的
5. 彻底缺乏的，丧失…的

n. 名词

1. 破产者，无支付能力的人，无力偿还债务者
2. 丧失的人，完全丧失者
3. 赤贫者
4. 无知的人

v. 动词

1. 使破产，使无力偿付，使无力还债
2. 使枯竭
3. 使赤贫，使极端贫困

英英释义

Noun:

1. someone who has insufficient assets to cover their debts

Adjective:

1. financially ruined;

   "a bankrupt company"
   "the company went belly-up"
   

Verb:

1. reduce to bankruptcy;

   "My daughter's fancy wedding is going to break me!"
   "The slump in the financial markets smashed him"
   

例句

用作形容词 (adj.)

1. If your liabilities exceed your assets, you may go bankrupt.
   如果你所负的债超过你的资产，你就会破产。
2. I was bankrupt and unable to pay his debts.
   我破产了，不能偿还他的债务。
3. He has been feeling low since he went bankrupt.
   破产后他一直很消沉。
4. He believes that modern society is morally bankrupt.
   他认为现代社会已丧失道德观念。
5. The opposition attacked the government as morally bankrupt.
   反对党抨击政府道德沦丧。
6. He was bankrupt of original ideas.
   他毫无独创性的见解。
7. We are bankrupt of earthly treasures.
   我们失去了尘世间的所有珍宝。

用作名词 (n.)

1. He realizes the bankrupt's assets.
   他变卖破产者的财产。
2. The bankrupt had made over all his property to his wife.
   这个破产者已把他所有的财产转让给了他的妻子。

用作及物动词 (vt.)

1. Foolish expenditures will bankrupt him.
   胡乱的花费将使他破产。
2. Replacing those machines now will bankrupt us.
   现在要更换那些机器肯定会使我们破产。
3. Farmers grumble that their margins are so low that a bad year can bankrupt them.
   农民抱怨说他们利润太低，以至于一年歉收就足以导致破产。

常见句型

用作形容词 (adj.)

用作定语

～+ n.

1. This is a bankrupt foreign policy.
   这一外交政策已宣告失败。

用作表语

S+be+～

1. That plant was bankrupt because of mismanagement.
   由于经营不善,那家工厂破产了。

S+be+～+ prep .-phrase

1. In her old age, she was bankrupt in reputation.
   她在老年时名声扫地。
2. He seemed to be bankrupt of hope and confidence.
   他似乎毫无希望和信心。

用作名词 (n.)

1. The shopkeeper is bankrupt.
   那位店主破产了。
2. It will send him into bankrupt.
   这会使他破产。

用作动词 (v.)

用作及物动词

S+～+ n./pron.

1. The cost of defending the libel action almost bankrupted the small magazine.
   为诽谤罪辩护的诉讼费几乎使这家小杂志社破产。
2. A nervous breakdown bankrupted him of courage to face society.
   精神的崩溃使他丧失了面对社会的勇气。

词汇搭配

用作形容词 (adj.)

副词+～

• entirely bankrupt 完全地失败
• morally bankrupt 道德上败坏

～+介词

• bankrupt in 在…失败
• bankrupt of new ideas 缺乏新意

用作名词 (n.)

形容词+～

• intellectual bankrupt 知识贫乏者
• undischarged bankrupt 未偿还债务的破产者

词语用法

adj. (形容词)

1. bankrupt用作形容词的基本意思是“破产的,倒闭的”,尤指无力偿还债务,或经营不善而关闭的。引申可指“缺乏的”,可用于物质上,也可用于道德上。
2. bankrupt用作形容词时不用于比较等级。

近反义词

【近义词】

• broke
• exhausted
• failed
• ruined
• spent

【反义词】

• solvent
• wealthy