adj.沒錢; 囊中羞澀; 破產
v.(使)破，裂，碎; 弄壞; 損壞; 壞掉; 弄破; 使流血
break的過去式

過去分詞：broke過去式：broke

牛津詞典

adj.

沒錢；囊中羞澀；破產having no money

I'm always broke by the end of the month.我總是一到月底就沒錢花了。

During the recession thousands of small businesses went broke (= had to stop doing business) .經濟衰退期間成千上萬家小企業(yè)被迫關門了。

flat/stony broke (= completely broke) 徹底破產

柯林斯詞典

Broke is the past tense of break .

ADJ-GRADED 身無分文的；一文不名的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，我的錢還富余嗎？我已和你一樣分文不剩了。

PHRASE 破產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.巴爾頓一生中經歷了兩次破產。

PHRASE 孤注一擲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.是放手一搏還是保守妥協(xié)，在這一問題上的分歧很尖銳。

雙語例句

The plate broke 盤子打破了。

Godfrey's voice broke, and halted. 戈弗雷聲音都變了，停頓下來。

He broke McEnroe's serve. 他破了麥肯羅的發(fā)球局。

I broke away from him and rushed out into the hall 我掙脫了他，沖進了大廳。

Talks with business leaders broke down last night 昨晚與商界領導人的談判破裂了。

What do you mean, I've got enough money? I'm as broke as you are. 你是什么意思，我的錢還富余嗎？我已和你一樣分文不剩了。

Balton went broke twice in his career. 巴爾頓一生中經歷了兩次破產。

It was a sharp disagreement about whether to go for broke or whether to compromise. 是放手一搏還是保守妥協(xié)，在這一問題上的分歧很尖銳。

Burglars broke into their home. 竊賊闖進了他們家。

I kicked a dustbin very hard and broke my toe. 我狠狠地踢了一腳垃圾箱，結果腳趾骨折了。

He had an affair, I found out and then all hell broke loose. 他有了婚外戀，我發(fā)現(xiàn)了，一切頓時天翻地覆。

When hostilities broke out he returned to England and joined up. 戰(zhàn)事爆發(fā)之后，他回到英格蘭參軍了。

Thieves broke into the manor at night. 小偷晚上闖進了莊園。

He moved away and broke off relations with the family. 他搬走了，斷絕了和家人的關系。

My three guitars broke one after the other 我的3把吉他陸續(xù)都壞了。

He was knocked over by a bus and broke his leg 他被一輛公共汽車撞倒，一條腿折了。

I parried, and that's when my sword broke. 我擋了一下，把我的劍擋斷了。

When I was a little kid I rolled down a hill and broke my leg 我小時候從一座山坡上滾了下來，把腿摔斷了。

She tripped and fell last night and broke her hip 她昨晚絆倒了，摔壞了髖骨。

The machinery broke down. 機器壞了。

I am sorry that I broke my promise. 對不起，我失信了。

He broke off his engagement to her. 他和她解除了婚約。

The bus broke down on the way. 公共汽車在路上拋錨了。

He fell over and broke his left leg. 他跌倒摔斷了左腿。

I accidentally broke a glass. 我不小心把玻璃杯摔了。

The string broke. 繩子斷了。

He broke his contract with the firm. 他對公司毀約了。

The negotiations broke down. 談判破裂了。

A famine broke forth. 發(fā)生了饑荒。

習慣用語

adj.

go for broke

孤注一擲to risk everything in one determined effort to do sth

if it ain't broke, don't fix it

未損勿修；能用莫換used to say that if sth works well enough, it should not be changed

英英釋義

adj

lacking funds

`skint' is a British slang term

Synonym:bustskintstone-brokestony-broke