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
缺乏资金;一文不名的;break的过去式
having no money; lacking funds
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。
用法提示:这里的 broke 是形容词,表示‘没钱’。
After paying the rent, she was completely broke.
付完房租后,她一文不名了。
用法提示:broke 作为形容词,描述‘身无分文’的状态。
Being broke forced him to find a part-time job.
身无分文迫使他去找一份兼职。
用法提示:broke 作形容词,说明‘缺钱’的原因。
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。
比 broke 正式或书面,强调一个钱也没有,语气较重;I'm broke 更口语化,不一定强调极致贫困。
语气远比 broke 强,指贫困到缺乏衣食等基本生活条件,不用于暂时没带钱这类临时情况。
口语,常作 be strapped for cash,指暂时缺钱,与 broke 意思最接近,但更强调资金紧张。
口语表达,比 broke 稍微委婉,常指一段时间内钱不够用,不一定像 broke 那样一个钱也没有。
英国俚语,意思大致相当于 broke,但具有明显的地域色彩,在美式英语中较少使用。
grammar · medium
易错句子I am broken.
正确表达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。
grammar · medium
易错句子He is poor because he lost his job.
正确表达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。
作形容词表示‘有钱的’,与 broke(身无分文)直接相对;rich 可泛指富有,也可指手头现金充足。
强调拥有大量财富或资产,与 broke 相对;wealthy 通常指长期富足,而非一时手头有钱。
指生活宽裕、经济状况良好,与 broke 相对;well-off 语气较温和,不一定极富。
指富裕、富足,常与 rich 相近;affluent 更正式,侧重财富充裕。
非正式用语,意为‘手头有钱的’,与 broke 相对;flush 常指短期内现金充足。
broke 指一文不名/破产;broken 指物品损坏或破碎
broke 是形容词,表示状态;break 是动词,表示动作
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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