| 单词 | broke |
| 释义 | broke From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishbrokebroke1 /brəʊk $ broʊk/ verbx-refthe past tense of breakbrokebroke2 adjective [not before noun]1 MONEYhaving no moneyI’m fed up with being broke all the time.flat/stony broke (=completely broke)2 → go broke3 → go for broke 4 → if it ain't broke, don't fix itExamples from the Corpusbroke• "Can you lend me some money?" "Sorry, I'm broke."• Who spends his portion will be broke.• I can't go - I'm broke.• She just come back off holiday and she's completely broke.• If you removed the future earnings, Baker told jurors, O. J. Simpson is flat broke.• He turned up at my house yesterday, flat broke and hungry.• We're always broke at the end of the month.• Naturally I am broke, or almost. flat/stony broke• If you removed the future earnings, Baker told jurors, O. J. Simpson is flat broke.• The treating, perhaps fortunately, cut his visit short for after a few nights of festivities he was stony broke.• You have obviously suffered considerable ill treatment and you are stony broke.• Mary recalls how they were flat broke and almost living hand to mouth.• I was stony broke, with only a Shell credit card to get me home to Massachusetts.From Longman Business Dictionarybrokebroke /brəʊkbroʊk/ adjective informal1having no money at all or very little moneyBy 1933 his career was over and he was broke.2flat broke American English, stony broke British English completely without moneySYNPENNILESSThe district is flat broke and says it will not keep schools open past Tuesday.Origin broke2 (1700-1800) An old past participle of break |
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