bankruptcy

英 [ˈbæŋkrʌptsi]

美 [ˈbæŋkrʌptsi]

n. 破产

Collins.2 / BNC.5401 / COCA.4171

牛津词典

noun

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。

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

His misfortunes culminated in his bankruptcy.
他的厄运达到了顶点，终于破产。
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。
Companies and banks with foreign liabilities might face bankruptcy.
背负外国债务的企业和银行可能破产。
The Enterprise Bankruptcy Law provides that bankruptcy of financial institutions including banks contains prior to liquidation and liquidation.
我国《企业破产法》规定包括银行在内的金融机构破产可划分为清算前和清算两个阶段。
The number of corporate bankruptcies climbed in August.
8月份企业破产数字攀升。
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 bankruptcy court denied the request.
破产法院否决了这一请求。
The Congress passed a new bankruptcy law.
国会通过了一项新的破产法。
The threat of bankruptcy is a legitimate tool to extract money from them.
破产威胁是从他们那里索得钱款的合法手段。
He is on the verge of bankruptcy.
他已近乎破产。