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Bankrupt 腐败 Banca Literally Bæŋkrʌpt A.破产的 英 Adj.破产的(Unable

单词 bankrupt
音标 ['bæŋkrʌpt]
解释 a.破产的
红宝书 【英】 adj.破产的(unable to pay debts; insolvent)
【考】 反义词: solvency(有尝债能力 )-bankruptcy(破产)
【记】 bank(银行)+rupt(断) →破产
【同】 派生词: bankruptcy (n.破产)同根词:corruption( 腐败); interrupt(打断)
字源 bankrupt (adj.)
1560s, from Italian banca rotta, literally "a broken bench," from banca "moneylender's shop," literally "bench" (see bank (n.1)) + rotta "broken, defeated, interrupted" from (and remodeled on) Latin rupta, fem. past participle of rumpere "to break" (see rupture (n.)). "[S]o called from the habit of breaking the bench of bankrupts" [Klein]. Earlier in English as a noun, "bankrupt person" (1530s).
bankrupt (v.)
1550s, from bankrupt (adj.). Related: Bankrupted; bankrupting.
不择手段背单词 adj. 破产的, 无力还债的 = insolvent
【记】bank银行, rupt断-银行断了-破产
【参】corruption(n 腐败); interrupt(v 打断)
趣味全助记 【记】bank 银行 + rupt断,破→破产
【相关】abrupt (不好的断,山路突然断了)突然的, 陡峭的, 生硬的;bankrupt 银行破→破产,corrupt一起破→腐败;disrupt 向周围断→中断,破裂,混乱;erupt 向外破→喷出,爆发;interrupt 中+断;irrupt in向里破→突然冲入,rupture 破裂, 断绝

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