bankrupt

破産した

借金を返せない状態で、特に裁判所が正式にそう認めたもの。

やさしい英語で： Unable to pay your debts, especially when a court has officially recognized this.

• The company went bankrupt.
• A court declared him bankrupt last year.
• Creditors tried to recover money from the bankrupt business.

使い方： go bankrupt (The business went bankrupt after losing its biggest customer.); be declared bankrupt (She was declared bankrupt in June.)

類義語： insolvent

反対語： solvent

よく使う表現： go bankrupt, declared bankrupt, bankrupt company

一文無しの

お金がまったく残っていない。

やさしい英語で： Having no money left.

• I am bankrupt until payday.
• That holiday left us almost bankrupt.
• After buying the tickets, she felt completely bankrupt.

類義語： broke, penniless

反対語： rich

よく使う表現： completely bankrupt, almost bankrupt

欠如した、破綻した

誠実さや新しい発想など、大切なよい性質が完全に欠けている。

やさしい英語で： Completely lacking an important good quality, such as honesty or new ideas.

• Their policy is morally bankrupt.
• The movement seemed intellectually bankrupt.
• The leadership was bankrupt of new ideas.

使い方： bankrupt of something (The party is bankrupt of fresh ideas.)

類義語： empty, devoid

よく使う表現： morally bankrupt, intellectually bankrupt, bankrupt of ideas

破産させる

人や会社を、借金を返せない状態に追い込む。

やさしい英語で： To make someone unable to pay their debts.

• The lawsuit could bankrupt him.
• Rising costs bankrupted the company.
• Will these losses bankrupt the business?

類義語： ruin

よく使う表現： bankrupt a company, bankrupt someone