broke
adj. 身无分文的; 破产的
v. 破碎; 弄坏,坏掉(break的过去式)
Broke is the past tense of break .
If you are broke, you have no money.
What do you mean, I've got enough money? I'm as broke as you are.
你是什么意思,我的钱还富余吗?我已和你一样分文不剩了。
If a company or person goes broke, they lose money and are unable to continue in business or to pay their debts.
Balton went broke twice in his career.
巴尔顿一生中经历了两次破产。
If you go for broke, you take the most extreme or risky of the possible courses of action in order to try and achieve success.
It was a sharp disagreement about whether to go for broke or whether to compromise.
是放手一搏还是保守妥协,在这一问题上的分歧很尖锐。
1. lacking funds;
go for broke
(非正式)全力以赴;孤注一掷
He broke off half way and said no more.
他话说了半截儿,又缩回去了.
When Mary broke off the engagement, John seemed to be in a flat spin.
玛丽解除婚姻后, 约翰似乎精神失常了.
Now and then a bird's song broke in upon the silence of the wood.
鸟鸣声不时打破林中的寂静.
When she came in, Bob broke off his talk with Jane.
当她进来时, 鲍伯停止了和珍的谈话.
He broke prison and went abroad.
他越狱逃到国外去了.