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be broke
表示状态，主语通常为人。
I'm broke until payday.
我直到发薪日都一文不名。
身无分文；没钱
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身无分文；没钱
having no money; lacking funds
I'm broke until payday.
我直到发薪日都一文不名。
缺乏资金
lacking funds
I can't go to the concert because I'm broke this month.
这个月我没钱，所以去不了音乐会。
After paying the rent, she was completely broke.
付完房租后，她一文不名了。
Being broke forced him to find a part-time job.
身无分文迫使他去找一份兼职。
表示状态，主语通常为人。
I'm broke until payday.
我直到发薪日都一文不名。
表示从有钱到没钱的变化过程。
Many small businesses went broke during the recession.
许多小企业在经济衰退期间破产了。
强调完全没钱，彻底破产。
After the trip, we were flat broke.
旅行之后，我们身无分文。
Not this
I am broken.
Use this
I am broke.
形容词'broke'表示'没钱的'，而'broken'是'break'的过去分词，意为'破碎的'。学习者易混淆形近词。
Not this
He is poor because he lost his job.
Use this
He is broke because he lost his job.
'broke'强调暂时缺钱，'poor'通常指长期贫穷。失业导致的临时经济困难用'broke'更准确。
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破产；资金耗尽
Many small businesses go broke in their first year.
许多小企业在第一年就破产了。
身无分文
I'd love to come, but I'm flat broke.
我很想去，但我身无分文。
彻底没钱了
After paying the rent, she was completely broke.
付完房租后，她彻底没钱了。
没钱的大学生
As a broke college student, I ate instant noodles every day.
作为一个没钱的大学生，我天天吃方便面。
身无分文
After paying the rent, I was flat broke.
付完房租后，我身无分文。
破产；没钱了
The restaurant went broke after only six months.
这家餐厅只开了六个月就破产了。
孤注一掷；倾尽全力
We decided to go for broke and invest all our savings in the new business.
我们决定孤注一掷，把全部积蓄都投进新业务。
我富过，也一文不名过，还是有钱更好。
I was so broke last month that I lived on instant noodles.
上个月我穷得只能靠方便面过活。
没钱是暂时的，穷是一种心态。
If you're broke, don't worry; you can always earn more money.
如果你没钱，别担心；你总能挣到更多的钱。
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联想break的过去式：钱包破了(broke)，钱漏光，所以broke=身无分文。
语域：informal 常见场景：口语对话、朋友聊天、非正式场合 broke 表示“没钱”时多用于非正式口语，通常出现在日常对话或朋友闲聊中，正式书面语中比较少见。
broke作形容词仅表示'一文不名'，不可与动词break的过去式混淆。
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