past tense and obsolete past participle of break (v.); extension to "insolvent" is first recorded 1716 (broken in this sense is attested from 1590s). Old English cognate broc meant, in addition to "that which breaks," "affliction, misery."
权威例句
1. They broke free and made off in a stolen car.
他们挣脱后开着一辆偷来的车逃之夭夭。
2. I'm broke, Livy, and I owe a couple of million dollars.
我破产了,莉薇,而且我欠了几百万美元的债。
3. Two years later he is flat broke and on the dole.
两年后,他一贫如洗,靠失业救济金生活。
4. When war broke out, he was interned as an enemy alien.
战争爆发时,他作为敌国人士遭到关押。
5. I was in a nightclub in Brixton and a fight broke out.