| 词汇 | bankrupting |
| 释义 | bankrupting present participle ofbankrupt bankrupt verb[ T ] uk /ˈbæŋ.krʌpt/ us /ˈbæŋ.krʌpt/ to cause someone to become bankrupt: 使某人破产 They feared that the loss would bankrupt them.他们担心这笔损失会使他们破产。 Synonym ruin Success & failure in business administration axe bankrupt bankruptcy be running on fumesidiom belly charter dying float go belly upidiom go darkidiom go into administration go to the wallidiom growth hacker receiver shut (something) down shut up shopidiom sinking shipidiom soft launch spin something off Examples of bankruptingbankrupting In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. The colonial state, despite increasing agrarian support to the settlers, also came to a realization that settler agrarian economy was bankrupting the young colony. Bankrupting one taxpayer to pay the costs of another could be seen as truly capricious. She won respect for her medical skill and prospered as an entrepreneur until the declaration of peace rendered her stock obsolete, bankrupting her. A number of husbands accused their wives of bankrupting them. Our healthcare network, from prevention to aftercare, is bankrupting the public coffers. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English We are also bankrupting—yes, bankrupting—a lot of people. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We all know that we have succeeded in almost bankrupting our railway system. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They want to know how they can reduce their capacity quickly without bankrupting themselves or the concerns in which they are involved. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is not a case of bankrupting an industry which is in competition with foreign industries. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We are facing the prospects of thousands of older people bankrupting themselves to feed the profits of unscrupulous developers. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is no good bankrupting the rest of our industry in order to maintain an indigenous steelmaking capacity. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I think those who talked about bankrupting their countries by doing this are very wrong. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English Can we afford the cost, or is it bankrupting us? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It might be done at the cost of bankrupting a number of other industries, but it is possible to control the internal market. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 As we are all critically aware, the spiralling cost of temporary accommodation is virtually bankrupting local authority housing revenue accounts. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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