bankrupt

bankrupt
adjective
  1. (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
  1. 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
  1. [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
  1. 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'
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