| 释义 |
brokeBrE /brəʊk/ NAmE /broʊk/ adjective [not before noun ] (informal ) having no money 没钱；囊中羞涩；破产◆ I'm always broke by the end of the month . 我总是一到月底就没钱花了。◆ During the recession thousands of small businesses went broke (= had to stop doing business ). 经济衰退期间成千上万家小企业被迫关门了。◆ flat /stony broke (= completely broke )彻底破产 ➡ see also breakverb ● go for ˈbroke (informal ) to risk everything in one determined effort to do sth 孤注一掷● if it ain't ˌbroke , don't ˈfix it (informal ) used to say that if sth works well enough , it should not be changed 未损勿修；能用莫换 |