past tense and obsolete past participle of break (v.); extension to "insolvent" is first recorded 1716 (broken in this sense is attested from 1590s). Old English cognate broc meant, in addition to "that which breaks," "affliction, misery."
雙語例句
1. They broke free and made off in a stolen car.
他們掙脫后開著一輛偷來的車逃之夭夭。
來自柯林斯例句
2. I'm broke, Livy, and I owe a couple of million dollars.
我破產了，莉薇，而且我欠了幾百萬美元的債。
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3. Two years later he is flat broke and on the dole.
兩年后，他一貧如洗，靠失業救濟金生活。
來自柯林斯例句
4. When war broke out, he was interned as an enemy alien.
戰爭爆發時，他作為敵國人士遭到關押。
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5. I was in a nightclub in Brixton and a fight broke out.