单词 | bankrupt |
释义 | bankrupt adj., n., & v. --adj   1. a insolvent; declared in law unable to pay debts. b undergoing the legal process resulting from this.   2. (often foll. by of) exhausted or drained (of some quality etc.); deficient, lacking. --n   1. a an insolvent person whose estate is administered and disposed of for the benefit of the creditors. b an insolvent debtor.   2. a person exhausted of or deficient in a certain attribute (a moral bankrupt). --vtr. make bankrupt. Derivatives bankruptcy n. (pl. -ies). Etymology: 16th c.: f. It banca rotta broken bench (as BANK(2), L rumpere rupt- break), assim. to L |
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