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迷你對話：

A:You seem depressed these days. What's the matter?

你看起來非常沮喪，發生什么事情了？

B:I went bankrupt and I'mflat broke tnow.

我破產了，現在身無分文。

A:If I can do anything for you, don't hesitate to let me know.

如果我能幫你做點什么，請一定告訴我。

B:Thank you.

謝謝。

地道表達：

flat broke

解詞釋義：

這是一條形容詞性習語。flat在該習語中做形容詞，意思是“平白的”；形容詞broke有“一文不名”的意思。兩者結合使用，更加重了“broke”的程度，意思是“破產，一文不名”。

支持范例：

Eg. The man gambled and was soon flat broke .

這個人賭博很快就輸得一文不名。

Eg. I cannot come out with you tonight because I'm flat broke.

晚我不能和你一起外出，因為我現在身無分文。

Eg. I finally paid all my bills, so now I am flat broke.

我終于付清了所有賬單，現在身無分文了。

Eg. He is flat broke and cannot find a job anywhere.

他身無分文，又求職無門。

詞海拾貝：

go bankrupt：破產，倒閉

Eg. I've heard whispers that the firm is likely to go ankrupt.

我聽到傳聞說公司很可能要破產。

Eg. The firm is in dire straits and may go bankrupt.

這商行已陷入岌岌可危的境地, 可能要破產了。

Eg. The workers were alarmed at the news that the factory might go bankrupt.

工人們聽到工廠可能要破產的消息都感到恐慌。

Eg. It's an open secret that his firm is go bankrupt.

他公司即將破產一事已是公開的秘密。