bankruptcy

英 [ˈbæŋkrʌptsi]

美 [ˈbæŋkrʌptsi]

n.  破产

复数：bankruptcies　

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牛津词典

noun

• 破产
  the state of being bankrupt
  1. The company filed for bankruptcy (= asked to be officially bankrupt ) in 2003.
     这家公司于2003年提交了破产申请。
  2. moral/political bankruptcy
     道德的沦丧；政治的破产
  3. There could be further bankruptcies among small farmers.
     小农场主中可能还会有人破产。

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 破产；倒闭
  Bankruptcyis the state of being bankrupt.
  1. It is the second airline in two months to file for bankruptcy...
     这是两个月内第二家申请破产的航空公司。
  2. Many established firms were facing bankruptcy.
     许多成熟的企业正面临倒闭。
• N-COUNT 破产事件；倒闭事件
  Abankruptcyis an instance of an organization or person going bankrupt.
  1. The number of corporate bankruptcies climbed in August.
     8月份企业破产数字攀升。
• N-UNCOUNT 彻底；缺乏
  If you refer to something'sbankruptcy, you are emphasizing that it is completely lacking in value or worth.
  1. The massacre laid bare the moral bankruptcy of the regime.
     大屠杀使该政权的道德沦丧暴露无遗。

英英释义

noun

• a legal process intended to insure equality among the creditors of a corporation declared to be insolvent
• inability to discharge all your debts as they come due
  1. the company had to declare bankruptcy
  2. fraudulent loans led to the failure of many banks
  Synonym:failure
• a state of complete lack of some abstract property
  1. spiritual bankruptcy
  2. moral bankruptcy
  3. intellectual bankruptcy

双语例句

• You will have to pull in if you want to escape bankruptcy.
  如果你想避免破产，就必须节省开支。
• The company is in bankruptcy proceedings in the wake of a strike that began last spring.
  去年春天开始的罢工一结束，这家公司就进入了破产程序。
• A recession like that of 1973 – 1974 could put one in ten American companies into bankruptcy
  像1973–1974年间那样的经济衰退能让1/10的美国公司破产。
• The British East India Tea Company was overextended and faced bankruptcy
  英国东印度茶业公司摊子大、开支多，已濒临破产。
• His misfortunes culminated in his bankruptcy.
  他的厄运达到了顶点，终于破产。
• The number of corporate bankruptcies climbed in August.
  8月份企业破产数字攀升。
• This is why we have bankruptcy.
  这就是为什么我们有破产机制。
• 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。
• It is the second airline in two months to file for bankruptcy
  这是两个月内第二家申请破产的航空公司。
• The company is on the brink of bankruptcy.
  该公司已濒临破产的边缘。