(of a person or organization) declared in law unable to pay their debts (人,机构)破产的 he committed suicide after going bankrupt. 破产之后他自杀了。 ■(figurative)completely lacking in a particular good quality or value (喻)彻底缺乏(某种好品质或价值)的 their cause is morally bankrupt. 他们的事业毫无道德价值。
noun
a person judged by a court to be insolvent, whose property is taken and disposed of for the benefit of their creditors 破产者
verb
[with obj.]reduce (a person or organization) to bankruptcy 使(人,机构)破产 the strike nearly bankrupted the union. 罢工几乎使工会破产。
语源
mid 16th cent.: from Italian banca rotta 'broken bench', from banca (see bank) and rompere 'to break'. The change in the ending was due to association with Latin rupt- 'broken'