【bankrupt】 - A-level备考词汇

bankrupt

UK:  ['bæŋkrʌpt]

US:  ['bæŋk.rʌpt]

复数：bankrupts  过去分词：bankrupted  现在分词：bankrupting  

adj.

1.破产的

2.破了产的;无支付力的,无力偿还债务的

3.(名誉)扫地的,(智力等)完全丧失的

4.垮了的,枯竭的

v.

1.使破产,使无力偿付

2.弄得破产

n.

1.破产者,无力偿还债务者

2.破产;破产者,破产的人

3.丧失(名誉、智力等)的人

4.无支付能力的人

1 . She was spendthrift . Money was no object for her . She kept buying more and more jewelry , causing her husband to go bankrupt.
因为他太太很浪费。对她来说金钱不是问题。她不断买珠宝，害她先生破产了。

2 . When the company went bankrupt and shut down, 150 people were in the same boat-they were all out of work and had to find another job.
当公司破产关闭的时候，一百五十人都面临同样的困境--他们全部都失业了，不得不另寻出路。

3 . It would not be at all surprising if some of those who have gone bankrupt had stockpiled during the prosperous times.
而那些极端的破产者，他们很可能是在繁荣期有囤积现象的，这也不足为奇。

4 . He tried to expand the firm quickly , but his staff did not have enough experience. Production got out of hand and he went bankrupt.
他努力迅速扩大他的公司，但是他的职工们没有足够的经验。生产难以控制，结果他破产了。

5 . Opening the cost of free distribution of mineral water, enough to bankrupt the British government.
开幕式免费发放矿泉水的费用，就足够让英国政府破产。