bankrupting
present participle ofbankrupt
| 单词 | bankrupting |
| 释义 | bankrupting present participle ofbankrupt bankrupt verb[T] uk/ˈbæŋ.krʌpt/us/ˈbæŋ.krʌpt/tocausesomeone tobecomebankrupt: Theyfearedthat thelosswould bankrupt them. Synonym ruin Success & failure in business
Examplesofbankruptingbankrupting In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. The colonial state, despite increasing agrarian support to the settlers, also came to a realization that settler agrarian economy wasbankruptingthe young colony. From theCambridge English Corpus Bankruptingone taxpayer to pay the costs of another could be seen as truly capricious. From theCambridge English Corpus She won respect for her medical skill and prospered as an entrepreneur until the declaration of peace rendered her stock obsolete,bankruptingher. From theCambridge English Corpus A number of husbands accused their wives ofbankruptingthem. From theCambridge English Corpus Our healthcare network, from prevention to aftercare, isbankruptingthe public coffers. FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English We are alsobankrupting—yes,bankrupting—a lot of people. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 We all know that we have succeeded in almostbankruptingour railway system. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 They want to know how they can reduce their capacity quickly withoutbankruptingthemselves or the concerns in which they are involved. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It is not a case ofbankruptingan industry which is in competition with foreign industries. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 We are facing the prospects of thousands of older peoplebankruptingthemselves to feed the profits of unscrupulous developers. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It is no goodbankruptingthe rest of our industry in order to maintain an indigenous steelmaking capacity. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I think those who talked aboutbankruptingtheir countries by doing this are very wrong. FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English Can we afford the cost, or is itbankruptingus? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It might be done at the cost ofbankruptinga number of other industries, but it is possible to control the internal market. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 As we are all critically aware, the spiralling cost of temporary accommodation is virtuallybankruptinglocal authority housing revenue accounts. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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