broke
adj. 一文不名的，破产的
v. 打破，断掉（break的过去式）
n. (Broke)人名；(英)布罗克
英文词源
- broke (adj.)
- 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."
实用例句
- 1. They broke free and made off in a stolen car.
- 他们挣脱后开着一辆偷来的车逃之夭夭。
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- 2. I'm broke, Livy, and I owe a couple of million dollars.
- 我破产了，莉薇，而且我欠了几百万美元的债。
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- 3. Two years later he is flat broke and on the dole.
- 两年后，他一贫如洗，靠失业救济金生活。
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- 4. When war broke out, he was interned as an enemy alien.
- 战争爆发时，他作为敌国人士遭到关押。
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- 5. I was in a nightclub in Brixton and a fight broke out.
- 当时我在布里克斯顿的一家夜总会里，那里发生了一场斗殴。
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