bank, 凳子。詞根rupt, 破，見corrupt. 來自14世紀時威尼斯貨幣商人如破產則砸碎凳子。
英文詞源
bankrupt (adj.)
1560s, from Italian banca rotta, literally "a broken bench," from banca "moneylender's shop," literally "bench" (see bank (n.1)) + rotta "broken, defeated, interrupted" from (and remodeled on) Latin rupta, fem. past participle of rumpere "to break" (see rupture (n.)). "[S]o called from the habit of breaking the bench of bankrupts" [Klein]. Earlier in English as a noun, "bankrupt person" (1530s).
bankrupt (v.)
1550s, from bankrupt (adj.). Related: Bankrupted; bankrupting.
雙語例句
1. It was touch and go whether we'd go bankrupt.
我們是否會破產還很難說。
來自柯林斯例句
2. He was declared bankrupt after failing to pay a ￡114m loan guarantee.
由于無力償還1.14億英鎊的貸款擔保，他被宣布破產。
來自柯林斯例句
3. The company was adjudged bankrupt.
該公司被宣判破產。
來自《權威詞典》
4. They went bankrupt in 1993.
他們于1993年破產。
來自《權威詞典》
5. He seemed to be bankrupt of hope and confidence.