英语词汇“belly-up”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

adj

When a business goes belly-up, it's bankrupt. When you're belly-up, you're out of business.

If you've ever had a goldfish, you probably noticed how it looked when it died: belly-up. The same term can be used for financial failures, like a store that goes out of business due to poor sales or a company that makes bad investments and has to fold. People use the term for other sorts of failures too: a sports team that misses the playoffs has gone belly-up. A failed dream has gone belly-up. Anything belly-up is finished.

WORD FAMILY

belly-up

USAGE EXAMPLES

Instead, the billionaire businessman said claiming those losses allowed him to keep his real estate empire afloat when others went belly-up.

Washington Times(Oct 03, 2016)

The problem: The insurance co-ops created by the law have mostly gone belly-up.

New York Times(Aug 29, 2016)

No matter how many coal mines go belly-up, if promised benefits were set aside, those benefits would still be there.

Washington Times(Aug 29, 2016)

adj financially ruined

the company went belly-up

Syn

bankrupt
insolvent

unable to meet or discharge financial obligations

单词	belly-up
释义	belly-up (once / 200328 pages) adj When a business goes belly-up, it's bankrupt. When you're belly-up, you're out of business. If you've ever had a goldfish, you probably noticed how it looked when it died: belly-up. The same term can be used for financial failures, like a store that goes out of business due to poor sales or a company that makes bad investments and has to fold. People use the term for other sorts of failures too: a sports team that misses the playoffs has gone belly-up. A failed dream has gone belly-up. Anything belly-up is finished. WORD FAMILY belly-up USAGE EXAMPLES Instead, the billionaire businessman said claiming those losses allowed him to keep his real estate empire afloat when others went belly-up. Washington Times(Oct 03, 2016) The problem: The insurance co-ops created by the law have mostly gone belly-up. New York Times(Aug 29, 2016) No matter how many coal mines go belly-up, if promised benefits were set aside, those benefits would still be there. Washington Times(Aug 29, 2016) adj financially ruined the company went belly-up Syn bankrupt insolvent unable to meet or discharge financial obligations
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