broke
英 [br??k]
美[brok]
- adj. 一文不名的，破產(chǎn)的
- v. 打破，斷掉（break的過(guò)去式）
- n. (Broke)人名；(英)布羅克
TEM8低頻詞基本詞匯
英文詞源
- 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."
雙語(yǔ)例句
- 1. They broke free and made off in a stolen car.
- 他們掙脫后開(kāi)著一輛偷來(lái)的車(chē)逃之夭夭。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 2. I'm broke, Livy, and I owe a couple of million dollars.
- 我破產(chǎn)了，莉薇，而且我欠了幾百萬(wàn)美元的債。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 3. Two years later he is flat broke and on the dole.
- 兩年后，他一貧如洗，靠失業(yè)救濟(jì)金生活。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 4. When war broke out, he was interned as an enemy alien.
- 戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)爆發(fā)時(shí)，他作為敵國(guó)人士遭到關(guān)押。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 5. I was in a nightclub in Brixton and a fight broke out.
- 當(dāng)時(shí)我在布里克斯頓的一家夜總會(huì)里，那里發(fā)生了一場(chǎng)斗毆。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句