| 英语单词 | liquidate |
|---|---|
| 英美音标 | 英 ['lɪkwɪdeɪt] 美 ['lɪkwɪdeɪt] |
| 中文释义 | v.清算;清偿;消除 |
| 英语例句 | (1) I had to liquidate my holdings to pay off my ex-husband. (2) They have decided to liquidate the corporation by the end of the next month. (3) The court decided to help the company liquidate its chain debts. (4) It is possible to liquidate their doubts. (5) The government tried to liquidate the rebel movement but failed. |
| 中文例句 | (1) 我必须清算我所有的财产,以便还清对前夫的欠款。 (2) 他们已经决定在下月底之前对公司进行清算。 (3) 法院决定帮助企业清偿三角债。 (4) 消除他们的疑虑是有可能的。 (5) 政府试图肃清反叛运动,结果失败了。 |
| vocabulary简明 | If you liquidate something, you get rid of it. When a huge retailer has to close all of its stores, it liquidates everything, meaning the inventory and even the shelves and display cases are sold to bargain-hunters, to raise money for the company to pay its debts. |
| vocabulary扩展 | Liquidate comes from the Latin liquidare, meaning “to melt,” or “to clarify.” A recipe might ask you to liquefy the butter, not liquidate it, because liquidate has to do with assets. To liquidate is to convert stocks or goods into cash by selling them, to finish business neatly, and to clear debts. If you liquidate your old baseball card collection, you will have money to put in your college fund. |
| 柯林斯解释 | 1 [VERB 动词]停业清理,清算,清盘(破产的公司等) To liquidate a company is to close it down and sell all its assets, usually because it is in debt. [V n] [BUSINESS 商]
liquidation
2 [VERB 动词]将(资产等)变换成现金;变卖 If a company liquidates its assets, its property such as buildings or machinery is sold in order to get money. [V n] [BUSINESS 商]
3 [VERB 动词]清除;(通常指)杀戮 If someone in a position of power liquidates people who are causing problems, they get rid of them, usually by killing them. [V n]
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