without enough money to pay what you owe 破产；倒闭 They went bankrupt in 2009. 他们于 2009 年破产。 The company was declared bankrupt in the High Court. 那家公司经高等法院宣告破产了。
Extra ExamplesTopics Moneyc1Hundreds of firms went bankrupt during the recession. 经济衰退期间有数百家公司破产。 She had to pay the mortgage after her husband was declared bankrupt. 丈夫被宣告破产后她得支付按揭贷款。 After the war, Britain was weary and bankrupt. 战后，英国疲惫不堪，破产了。 She lost the house after she was made bankrupt. 她破产后失去了房子。 The firm went bankrupt in 2003 and all its assets were sold off. 这家企业于2003年破产，变卖了全部资产。
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- bankrupt (of something) (formal, disapproving)
having absolutely nothing of any value 完全缺乏（有价值的东西） a government bankrupt of new ideas 完全缺乏新观念的政府 a society that is morally bankrupt 道德沦丧的社会
Word Originmid 16th cent.: from Italian banca rotta ‘broken bench’, from banca (from medieval Latin banca, bancus, of Germanic origin) and rompere ‘to break’. The change in the ending was due to association with Latin rupt- ‘broken’.