bankruptcy
UK/'bæŋkrәptsi/US
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Definitions
n.
The legal state of being unable to pay one's debts.
破产（无力偿债的法律状态）。
n.
A complete lack of a particular good quality, such as ideas or morals.
（思想、道德等的）彻底匮乏，破产。
Root Breakdown
Root-derivedbankruptridge/slope beside water; bench (money-changer's table)
+
-cybreak, burst
=bankruptcy
bankrupt + -cy (state, condition) = "the state of being bankrupt." It is the noun naming the legal condition itself — the formal status a court declares, as in "file for bankruptcy." The vivid "broken bench" story behind bankrupt carries over unchanged.
Common Collocations
- 1.file for bankruptcy申请破产
- 2.declare bankruptcy宣告破产
- 3.face bankruptcy面临破产
- 4.moral bankruptcy道德破产
Example Sentences
- 1.
The company filed for bankruptcy after losing its biggest client.
- 2.
He was forced into bankruptcy by mounting medical bills.
- 3.
The report exposed the moral bankruptcy of the regime.