bankruptcy
n. 破产；倒闭
近义词：failure，insolvency，ruin，liquidation，economicfailure，impoverishment，
英英释义
Noun
- a state of complete lack of some abstract property;
"spiritual bankruptcy" "moral bankruptcy" "intellectual bankruptcy"
- inability to discharge all your debts as they come due;
"the company had to declare bankruptcy" "fraudulent loans led to the failure of many banks"
- a legal process intended to insure equality among the creditors of a corporation declared to be insolvent
例句
用作名词(n.)
- The bank of bankruptcy is investigated by the court.那家破产的银行正被法院调查。
- Ten bankruptcies were recorded in this town last year.去年这个镇已有十起破产事件。
- The prospect of bankruptcy has now receded.破产的危险已经减少了。
- The government has rescued the firm from bankruptcy by giving them a grant.政府拨款给这家公司使其免于破产。
- He dissipated most of his money and was on the brink of bankruptcy.他挥霍掉了大部分钱财，濒于破产。
- The bankruptcy of several small firms was the prelude to general economic collapse.几家小商行倒闭了，随之而来的是经济大萧条。