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

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。
At present China lacks market-based institutions and procedures for bankruptcy, restructuring and liquidation.
目前中国在破产、重组和清算方面缺乏基于市场的机制和流程。
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。
He is on the verge of bankruptcy.
他已近乎破产。
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。
Some of the factories are on the verge of bankruptcy.
有些厂家濒临破产。
His misfortunes culminated in his bankruptcy.
他的厄运达到了顶点，终于破产。
I have actually been through bankruptcy once and I have lost a house.
实际上我曾经经历了破产，而且失去了房子。
The company's assets were frozen soon after it filed for bankruptcy.
该公司的资产在申请破产之后很快就被冻结了。
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。