bankrupt
名词 n.
动词 v.
形容词 adj.
英文释义
名词 n.
- One who becomes unable to pay his or her debts; an insolvent person; a bankruptee.
- A trader who secretes himself, or does certain other acts tending to defraud his creditors.
动词 v.
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To force into bankruptcy.
— The cost of the Mendip line had, however, bankrupted the S.D.R. [Somerset & Dorset Railway], and it was leased to the two larger companies for 999 years in 1875, and named the Somerset & Dorset Joint Railway.
- to get placed last in Tycoon with the bankruptcy rule
形容词 adj.
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In a condition of bankruptcy; unable to pay outstanding debts or meet financial obligations; specifically, having been legally declared insolvent.
— a bankrupt merchant
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Destitute of, or wholly lacking a good quality, value, etc. one should possess or once possessed.
— a morally bankrupt politician
词汇关系
词源
词源 1
Partial calque of Italian bancarotta (literally “a broken bench”), from banca (“bank”, literally “bench”) + rotta (“broken, rupted”), which refers to an out-of-business bank, having its bench physically broken, signifying that the working moneylender was insolvent.
词源 2
Partial calque of Italian bancarotta (literally “a broken bench”), from banca (“bank”, literally “bench”) + rotta (“broken, rupted”), which refers to an out-of-business bank, having its bench physically broken, signifying that the working moneylender was insolvent.
词源 3
Partial calque of Italian bancarotta (literally “a broken bench”), from banca (“bank”, literally “bench”) + rotta (“broken, rupted”), which refers to an out-of-business bank, having its bench physically broken, signifying that the working moneylender was insolvent.
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