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bankrupt是什么意思

bankrupt

英 ['bæŋkrʌpt] 美 ['bæŋkrʌpt]
  • adj. 破产的
  • vt. 使破产
  • n. [经] 破产者

bankrupt 中文词源


bankrupt 破产

bank, 凳子。词根rupt, 破,见corrupt. 来自14世纪时威尼斯货币商人如破产则砸碎凳子。

bankrupt 英文词源


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.

bankrupt 双语例句


1. It was touch and go whether we'd go bankrupt.
我们是否会破产还很难说。

来自柯林斯例句

2. He was declared bankrupt after failing to pay a £114m loan guarantee.
由于无力偿还1.14亿英镑的贷款担保,他被宣布破产。

来自柯林斯例句

3. The company was adjudged bankrupt.
该公司被宣判破产。

来自《权威词典》

4. They went bankrupt in 1993.
他们于1993年破产。

来自《权威词典》

5. He seemed to be bankrupt of hope and confidence.
他似乎毫无希望和信心.

来自《简明英汉词典》

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