bankruptcy
UK/'bæŋkrәptsi/US
TOEFL六级B2
释义
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。
词根拆分
词根派生bankrupt水边的堤岸、斜坡；长凳（兑换商的桌子）
+
-cy破裂，爆发
=bankruptcy
bankrupt + -cy（状态、状况）=「破产的状态」。它是命名这一法律状况本身的名词——法院宣告的正式身份，如 file for bankruptcy（申请破产）。bankrupt 背后「折断的长凳」那个生动故事原样保留。
常用搭配
- 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
例句
- 1.
The company filed for bankruptcy after losing its biggest client.
公司在失去最大客户后申请破产。
- 2.
He was forced into bankruptcy by mounting medical bills.
不断累积的医疗账单迫使他破产。
- 3.
The report exposed the moral bankruptcy of the regime.
这份报告揭露了该政权的道德破产。