用作及物动词
▲S+～+n./pron.
The cost of defending the libel action almost bankrupted the small magazine.为诽谤罪辩护的诉讼费几乎使这家小杂志社破产。
A nervous breakdown bankrupted him of courage to face society.精神的崩溃使他丧失了面对社会的勇气。

［同义词］ adj. broke, exhausted, failed, ruined, spent
［反义词］ adj. solvent, wealthy

The shopkeeper is bankrupt.那位店主破产了。
It will send him into bankrupt.这会使他破产。

1.bankrupt用作形容词的基本意思是“破产的,倒闭的”,尤指无力偿还债务,或经营不善而关闭的。引申可指“缺乏的”,可用于物质上,也可用于道德上。
2.bankrupt用作形容词时不用于比较等级。

用作定语
▲～+n.
This is a bankrupt foreign policy.这一外交政策已宣告失败。
用作表语
▲S+be+～
That plant was bankrupt because of mismanagement.由于经营不善,那家工厂破产了。
▲S+be+～+prep.-phrase
In her old age, she was bankrupt in reputation.她在老年时名声扫地。
He seemed to be bankrupt of hope and confidence.他似乎毫无希望和信心。