重點講解:
1. go bankrupt 破產的;倒閉的;資不抵債的;
If the firm cannot sell its products, it will go bankrupt.
如果公司的產品賣不出去,它就會倒閉 。
2. default on 不履行;未支付;
The credit card business is down, and more borrowers are de faulting on loans.
信用卡業務出現了下滑,而且越來越多的借款者都不按期還款 。
3. to begin with 最初;剛開始;
It was great to begin with but now it's difficult.
一開始非常好,但現在可就難了 。
4. pick up the tab (替一群人)付賬,承擔費用;
Pollard picked up the tab for dinner that night.
那天的晚飯是波拉德掏的錢 。
n. 結合,聯合,聯合體