bankrupt

• adj.破産する
• vt.破産させる
• n. [経由]破産

銀行、大便。14世紀のベネチアの両替商が、倒産すると大便を叩き壊したことから。

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.

1. It was touch and go whether we 'd go bankrupt .

私たちが破産するかどうかはまだ言いにくい。

2. He was declared bankrupt after failing to pay a ￡114m loan guarantee.

は、1億1400万ポンドのローン保証を返済できなかったため、破産を宣告された。

3.The company was adjudged bankrupt .

同社に破産判決が言い渡された。

4.They went bankrupt in 1993.

彼らは1993年に破産した。

5.He seemed to be bankrupt of hope and confidence.

彼は希望も自信もないようだ。