bank, 凳子。词根rupt, 破，见corrupt. 来自14世纪时威尼斯货币商人如破产则砸碎凳子。
英文词源
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.
实用例句
1. It was touch and go whether we'd go bankrupt.
我们是否会破产还很难说。
来自柯林斯例句
2. He was declared bankrupt after failing to pay a £114m loan guarantee.
由于无力偿还1.14亿英镑的贷款担保，他被宣布破产。
来自柯林斯例句
3. The company was adjudged bankrupt.
该公司被宣判破产。
来自《权威词典》
4. They went bankrupt in 1993.
他们于1993年破产。
来自《权威词典》
5. He seemed to be bankrupt of hope and confidence.