Word · Frequency #7629
Fully loadedbankrupting
使破产；使倒闭
bankrupting is the present participle of bankrupt.
To make (a person or company) bankrupt; to cause to go bankrupt.
- 1.
To force into bankruptcy.
迫使破产
- 2.
to get placed last in Tycoon with the bankruptcy rule
在《大亨》中因破产规则垫底
- 3.
reduce to bankruptcy
使破产
（因破产规则）垫底；迫使破产；在《大亨》中因破产规则垫底；使破产
In use
The expensive lawsuit could bankrupt the small company.
He bankrupted his family by gambling away their savings.
Poor management bankrupted the once-thriving restaurant.
bankrupt + noun phrase
及物动词，直接接宾语，表示'使…破产'。
The recession bankrupted many small businesses.
经济衰退使许多小企业破产。
be bankrupted by + noun phrase
常用于被动语态，表示'被…导致破产'。
The company was bankrupted by its massive debts.
这家公司因巨额债务而破产。
Verb forms
base bankrupt · third person bankrupts · -ing bankrupting · past bankrupted · past participle bankrupted
规则动词，过去式和过去分词加-ed。
Common mistakes
Connections
Collocations
- bankrupt a company
- 使公司破产
- The recession bankrupted many small companies.经济衰退使许多小公司破产。
- bankrupt oneself
- 使自己破产
- He bankrupted himself by gambling.他赌博使自己破产。
- bankrupt an industry
- 使行业破产
- Cheap imports bankrupted the local textile industry.廉价进口使当地纺织业破产。
- bankrupt the economy
- 使经济破产
- Misguided policies could bankrupt the entire economy.误导性的政策可能使整个经济破产。
- bankrupted by debt
- 被债务使破产
- The company was bankrupted by its huge debts.这家公司被巨额债务使破产。
Idioms & figurative uses
Learner notes
Memory Tip
银行（bank）的rup（破）了，所以破产。
Context & Register
多用于商业和财务语境，正式与非正式场合均可使用，总体较为中性。
Pronunciation & Spelling
All words share the ending '-rupt' pronounced /rʌpt/ and rhyme with 'bankrupt'. Note that stress patterns differ: 'bankrupt' stresses the first syllable, while others stress the second or first syllable.
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 2，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
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