| 单词 | bankrupt |
| 释义 | bankrupt (once / 450 pages) adjvn You might not have any money in your pocket, but it doesn’t necessarily mean you are bankrupt. It takes a legal proceeding for the courts to declare a person bankrupt — or officially unable to pay his debts. Despite the word bank in bankrupt, the word can be used to describe an entity that is short of something other than money. A bankrupt nation might not have the natural resources for its people to produce goods. A nearby country that could easily help but chooses not to may be considered morally bankrupt because of its lack of compassion. Or, maybe there is more to the story. That nation might fear that helping another will bankrupt its own shaky economy. (That is how bankrupt can be used as a verb.) WORD FAMILYbankrupt: bankruptcy, bankrupted, bankrupting, bankrupts+/bankruptcy: bankruptcies USAGE EXAMPLESCertainly there was personal enmity between Hamilton and the bankrupt “voluptuary” he called Burr. Washington Post(Dec 30, 2016) “The old system was bankrupt,” Roizman said in an interview. Washington Post(Dec 23, 2016) “Nothing justifies this disaster that is bankrupting the country. We’re spending the holidays in line. They will not be very joyful.” Los Angeles Times(Dec 22, 2016) 1adj financially ruined a bankrupt company Syn belly-up insolvent unable to meet or discharge financial obligations 2v reduce to bankruptcy Syn|Hyper break, ruin, smash impoverish make poor 3n someone who has insufficient assets to cover their debts Syn|Hyper insolvent failure, loser, nonstarter, unsuccessful person a person with a record of failing; someone who loses consistently |
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