bankrupt

名词 n. 动词 v. 形容词 adj.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. One who becomes unable to pay his or her debts; an insolvent person; a bankruptee.
  2. A trader who secretes himself, or does certain other acts tending to defraud his creditors. UK,obsolete
动词 v.
  1. To force into bankruptcy. transitive
    — 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.
  2. to get placed last in Tycoon with the bankruptcy rule
形容词 adj.
  1. In a condition of bankruptcy; unable to pay outstanding debts or meet financial obligations; specifically, having been legally declared insolvent. usually
    — a bankrupt merchant
  2. Destitute of, or wholly lacking a good quality, value, etc. one should possess or once possessed. figuratively
    — a morally bankrupt politician

词形变化

more bankrupt comparative most bankrupt superlative bankrupts present,singular,third-person bankrupting participle,present bankrupted participle,past bankrupted past bankrupts plural

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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