bankruptcy
bankruptcy 英 [ˈbæŋkrʌptsi] 美 [ˈbæŋkrʌptsi]
n. 破产
名词复数:bankruptcies
- Bankruptcy is a state of being bankrupt, or having no money to pay back debts that you owe.
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- n. 破产
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1. The company filed for bankruptcy in 2009.
这家公司于 2009 年提交了破产申请。
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2. moral bankruptcy, political bankruptcy
道德的沦丧；政治的破产
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3. There could be further bankruptcies among small farmers.
小农场主中可能还会有人破产。
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4. The recession and hospital bills drove them into bankruptcy.
经济衰退和医疗账单逼得他们破产了。
- bankruptcy (n.) 1700, "the breaking up of a business due to its inability to pay obligations," from bankrupt, "probably on the analogy of insolvency, but with -t erroneously retained in spelling, instead of being merged in the suffix ...." [OED]. Figurative use from 1761. Earlier words for it (late 16c.-17c.) were bankrupting, bankruption, bankrupture, bankruptship.
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