
adj.破產(chǎn)的;道德敗壞的;枯竭的
n.破產(chǎn)者;無知的人
vt.使破產(chǎn)
If your liabilities exceed your assets, you may go bankrupt. 如果你所負的債超過你的資產(chǎn),你就會破產(chǎn)。
I was bankrupt and unable to pay his debts. 我破產(chǎn)了,不能償還他的債務(wù)。
He has been feeling low since he went bankrupt. 破產(chǎn)后他一直很消沉。
He believes that modern society is morally bankrupt. 他認為現(xiàn)代社會已喪失道德觀念。
The opposition attacked the government as morally bankrupt. 反對黨抨擊政府道德淪喪。
He was bankrupt of original ideas. 他毫無獨創(chuàng)性的見解。
We are bankrupt of earthly treasures. 我們失去了塵世間的所有珍寶。
用作名詞 (n.)He realizes the bankrupt's assets. 他變賣破產(chǎn)者的財產(chǎn)。
用作及物動詞 (vt.)Foolish expenditures will bankrupt him. 胡亂的花費將使他破產(chǎn)。
Replacing those machines now will bankrupt us. 現(xiàn)在要更換那些機器肯定會使我們破產(chǎn)。
Farmers grumble that their margins are so low that a bad year can bankrupt them. 農(nóng)民抱怨說他們利潤太低,以至于一年歉收就足以導(dǎo)致破產(chǎn)。
bankrupt用作形容詞的基本意思是“破產(chǎn)的,倒閉的”,尤指無力償還債務(wù),或經(jīng)營不善而關(guān)閉的。引申可指“缺乏的”,可用于物質(zhì)上,也可用于道德上。
bankrupt用作形容詞時不用于比較等級。
n.破產(chǎn);倒閉