bankrupt
要点破産者、破産して
意味
- 破産者,支払い不能債務者
- 破産して
- 《補語にのみ用いて》(…を)欠いて,(…に)欠ける《+of(in)+名》
- …を破産させる;…を行きづまらせる
例文
This plan will bankrupt the economy of our town.
この計画はわが町の経済を破産させるであろう。
High tax and poor sales bankrupted the company.
高い税金と売上不振が同社を破産させた。
He seems to be bankrupt of all tender feeling.
彼は全く情愛に欠けているようだ。
語源
英語の原文(Wiktionary)
Partial calque of Italian bancarotta (literally “a broken bench”), from banca (“bank”, literally “bench”) + rotta (“broken, rupted”), which refers to an out-of-business bank, having its bench physically broken, signifying that the working moneylender was insolvent.