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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。
使破产；使倒闭
bankrupts — third person singular of bankrupt
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使破产；使倒闭
To make (a person or company) bankrupt; to cause to go bankrupt.
The recession bankrupted many small businesses.
经济衰退使许多小企业破产。
迫使破产
To force into bankruptcy.
在《大亨》中因破产规则垫底
to get placed last in Tycoon with the bankruptcy rule
使破产
reduce to bankruptcy
bankrupt
Base
原形
bankrupts
3rd person
第三人称单数
bankrupting
-ing
现在分词
bankrupted
Past
过去式
bankrupted
Past participle
过去分词
The company often bankrupts smaller competitors.
这家公司经常使较小的竞争对手破产。
Bad investments bankrupted him last year.
糟糕的投资去年使他破产了。
The scandal has bankrupted the firm.
这起丑闻已使该公司破产。
规则动词，过去式和过去分词加-ed。
The expensive lawsuit could bankrupt the small company.
昂贵的诉讼可能会使这家小公司破产。
He bankrupted his family by gambling away their savings.
他赌光了家里的积蓄，使家庭破产。
Poor management bankrupted the once-thriving restaurant.
管理不善使这家曾经生意兴隆的餐厅破产了。
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。
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。
Not this
The company bankrupt last year.
Use this
The company went bankrupt last year.
动词'bankrupt'是及物动词，需要直接宾语；而汉语'破产'常作不及物动词。地道表达应是'go bankrupt'或使用及物结构如'The company bankrupted its creditors'。
Not this
The scandal bankrupt the company's reputation.
Use this
The scandal bankrupted the company's reputation.
动词'bankrupt'的过去式为规则变化'bankrupted'，不能保留原形表示过去时态。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
使公司破产
The recession bankrupted many small companies.
经济衰退使许多小公司破产。
使自己破产
He bankrupted himself by gambling.
他赌博使自己破产。
使行业破产
Cheap imports bankrupted the local textile industry.
廉价进口使当地纺织业破产。
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。
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。
破产
Many small businesses went bankrupt during the economic downturn.
许多小企业在经济衰退期间破产了。
缺乏，没有
The plan was bankrupt of any original ideas.
这个计划缺乏任何原创想法。
我破产了！
The company's bad investments bankrupted it.
公司的不良投资使它破产了。
我破产了，不要为我哭泣
Years of mismanagement bankrupted the family business.
多年的管理不善使家族企业破产了。
Use bankrupts naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
银行（bank）的rup（破）了，所以破产。
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。
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.
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