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Definition of broke in English: brokeverb brəʊk past (and archaic past participle) of break
adjective brəʊkbroʊk informal predicative Having completely run out of money. 〈非正式〉一文不名的；破产的 he went broke owing two million pounds 他不但一文不名，还欠了200万英镑的债。 Example sentencesExamples - Talk of the town is that the way the money is being spent they might be broke by next month.
- The club is broke and the only way of fixing it is to do a deal with the principal creditor Bill Barr.
- Four years ago, my grandmother was on her way to post some money to my sister, a broke single mum.
- Trust me, you can not only go broke, but you can actually pay taxes as you do it.
- It is also true that I have no ideas at all about it and would only have any if I were feeling very broke.
- They go broke or they flounder in a dribble of chips waiting for the really good cards.
- If the State had to pick up the tab for some of the work they do we would all be broke.
- This month I am completely broke.
- The trouble with this argument is that all the people I know who work overtime are broke!
- So for someone who is broke, with low morale, can you see how easy it is to become homeless?
- If they were broke they would be more concerned with making a living than making history.
- We would hang by the bar, each of us with a drink paid for individually, broke as we were.
Synonyms penniless, moneyless, bankrupt, insolvent, poor, poverty-stricken, impoverished, impecunious, penurious, indigent, in penury, needy, destitute, ruined, down and out, without a penny to one's name, without two pennies to rub together informal stony broke, flat broke, on one's uppers, cleaned out, strapped (for cash), on one's beam-ends, bust, hard up, without a brass farthing, without a bean, without a sou, as poor as a church mouse British informal skint, without a shot in one's locker British rhyming slang boracic (lint) North American informal stone broke, without a red cent
Phrasesinformal Risk everything in an all-out effort. 〈非正式〉全力以赴；孤注一掷 I decided to go for broke and turn professional and see how I got on Example sentencesExamples - I am a risk-taker and I would have gone for broke during the dotcom boom.
- The visitors went for broke after the interval and pushed forward at every opportunity only to be undone by another Westport Set-piece in the 56th minute.
- As he prepared to go onstage at the famous Newport Folk Festival last weekend, Cleaves recalled going for broke before recording Broke Down.
- Recognising the difficulty of defeating the Allies on land, the German leadership decided to go for broke by launching an all-out submarine offensive, regardless of the risk.
- I then changed my tactics and decided that I was going to go for broke with a more flamboyant bet.
- It was in the final ten minutes that the town men went for broke.
- Graham Branch instantly replaced Alan Moore for his first start in over six weeks, pushing straight into attack as Burnley went for broke.
- With a minute left, Pock went for broke when they won a lineout in the bottom corner and tried to throw the ball wide.
- Shayler characteristically went for broke, for the option promising maximum exposure - and it may guarantee him a life in the public eye when he emerges from Belmarsh.
- Heath then went for broke, attempting a cross court nick off the serve which went down giving Boswell match point.
- Last year in the final, Roddick tried the blunderbuss approach, going for broke on just about every shot, serving like a demon and hitting the lines with his ground-strokes.
- So to toughen resolve and get US consumption, production and employment back on a more predictable track, they have gone for broke.
- Occasions that cried out for a drop-goal attempt, especially with Eric Elwood and McHugh in wait, were passed up, as Connacht went for broke.
- Manager Eugene Byrne threw caution to the wind and went for broke with ten minutes to go.
- After the success of her first major label album, 1997's Stuff, many other new artists would have gone for broke with a quick second album, but McNarland and her cameraman husband chose to honour nature over her bank account.
- Could it be that this enigmatic prince has decided to go for broke and risk avoiding the best bloodline in order to find a new and possibly richer source of equine wealth?
- Villa upped their game and went for broke, throwing everything forward in an effort to get back into the match - and it worked.
- Leung went for broke, recognising that he was in probably the most culturally diverse suburb in Auckland.
- Stanley went for broke at the break by replacing O'Neill with McEvilly following the striker's three-match ban.
- When I first listened to Mass Romantic, I heard a band collectively going for broke, attempting to cram as many aural ideas as possible into the space of a pop song, without ever exhausting their resources.
Synonyms attempt, endeavour, make an effort, exert oneself, seek, strive, struggle, do one's best, do one's utmost, do all one can
if it ain't broke, don't fix it informal If something is reasonably successful or effective, there is no need to change or replace it. Example sentencesExamples - We have all heard the saying, "If it ain't broke, don't fix it."
- Part of the answer probably lies in the principle " if it ain't broke, don't fix it ".
- I am not a revolutionary, and generally espouse the "if it ain't broke, don't fix it" school.
- Most small businesses, rightly, resist change: if it ain't broke, don't fix it.
- A lot of the objectors to the bill said: "If it ain't broke, don't fix it."
- Maybe the best advice of all: If it ain't broke, don't fix it.
- And absent some kind of explanation, people may remember an old saying: If it ain't broke, don't fix it.
- We have lost sight of the old adage: if it ain't broke, don't fix it.
- The government should abide by the principle of " if it ain't broke, don't fix it ".
- Some advice for future regulators and governments - if it ain't broke, don't fix it.
Rhymesawoke, bespoke, bloke, choke, cloak, Coke, convoke, croak, evoke, folk, invoke, joke, Koch, moke, oak, okey-doke, poke, provoke, revoke, roque, smoke, soak, soke, spoke, stoke, stony-broke (US stone-broke), stroke, toke, toque, woke, yoke, yolk Definition of broke in US English: brokebrōkbroʊk past (and archaic past participle) of break
adjectivebrōkbroʊk informal predicative Having completely run out of money. 〈非正式〉一文不名的；破产的 Example sentencesExamples - It is also true that I have no ideas at all about it and would only have any if I were feeling very broke.
- We would hang by the bar, each of us with a drink paid for individually, broke as we were.
- This month I am completely broke.
- The club is broke and the only way of fixing it is to do a deal with the principal creditor Bill Barr.
- They go broke or they flounder in a dribble of chips waiting for the really good cards.
- If they were broke they would be more concerned with making a living than making history.
- If the State had to pick up the tab for some of the work they do we would all be broke.
- Trust me, you can not only go broke, but you can actually pay taxes as you do it.
- The trouble with this argument is that all the people I know who work overtime are broke!
- So for someone who is broke, with low morale, can you see how easy it is to become homeless?
- Four years ago, my grandmother was on her way to post some money to my sister, a broke single mum.
- Talk of the town is that the way the money is being spent they might be broke by next month.
Synonyms penniless, moneyless, bankrupt, insolvent, poor, poverty-stricken, impoverished, impecunious, penurious, indigent, in penury, needy, destitute, ruined, down and out, without a penny to one's name, without two pennies to rub together
Phrasesinformal Risk everything in an all-out effort. 〈非正式〉全力以赴；孤注一掷 Example sentencesExamples - It was in the final ten minutes that the town men went for broke.
- Manager Eugene Byrne threw caution to the wind and went for broke with ten minutes to go.
- Could it be that this enigmatic prince has decided to go for broke and risk avoiding the best bloodline in order to find a new and possibly richer source of equine wealth?
- Occasions that cried out for a drop-goal attempt, especially with Eric Elwood and McHugh in wait, were passed up, as Connacht went for broke.
- I then changed my tactics and decided that I was going to go for broke with a more flamboyant bet.
- I am a risk-taker and I would have gone for broke during the dotcom boom.
- Recognising the difficulty of defeating the Allies on land, the German leadership decided to go for broke by launching an all-out submarine offensive, regardless of the risk.
- The visitors went for broke after the interval and pushed forward at every opportunity only to be undone by another Westport Set-piece in the 56th minute.
- Last year in the final, Roddick tried the blunderbuss approach, going for broke on just about every shot, serving like a demon and hitting the lines with his ground-strokes.
- Stanley went for broke at the break by replacing O'Neill with McEvilly following the striker's three-match ban.
- Heath then went for broke, attempting a cross court nick off the serve which went down giving Boswell match point.
- Villa upped their game and went for broke, throwing everything forward in an effort to get back into the match - and it worked.
- Leung went for broke, recognising that he was in probably the most culturally diverse suburb in Auckland.
- With a minute left, Pock went for broke when they won a lineout in the bottom corner and tried to throw the ball wide.
- As he prepared to go onstage at the famous Newport Folk Festival last weekend, Cleaves recalled going for broke before recording Broke Down.
- Graham Branch instantly replaced Alan Moore for his first start in over six weeks, pushing straight into attack as Burnley went for broke.
- When I first listened to Mass Romantic, I heard a band collectively going for broke, attempting to cram as many aural ideas as possible into the space of a pop song, without ever exhausting their resources.
- So to toughen resolve and get US consumption, production and employment back on a more predictable track, they have gone for broke.
- Shayler characteristically went for broke, for the option promising maximum exposure - and it may guarantee him a life in the public eye when he emerges from Belmarsh.
- After the success of her first major label album, 1997's Stuff, many other new artists would have gone for broke with a quick second album, but McNarland and her cameraman husband chose to honour nature over her bank account.
Synonyms attempt, endeavour, make an effort, exert oneself, seek, strive, struggle, do one's best, do one's utmost, do all one can
if it ain't broke, don't fix it informal If something is reasonably successful or effective, there is no need to change or replace it. Stick with the plan! If it ain't broke don't fix it Example sentencesExamples - Most small businesses, rightly, resist change: if it ain't broke, don't fix it.
- A lot of the objectors to the bill said: "If it ain't broke, don't fix it."
- Maybe the best advice of all: If it ain't broke, don't fix it.
- Some advice for future regulators and governments - if it ain't broke, don't fix it.
- We have lost sight of the old adage: if it ain't broke, don't fix it.
- I am not a revolutionary, and generally espouse the "if it ain't broke, don't fix it" school.
- The government should abide by the principle of " if it ain't broke, don't fix it ".
- And absent some kind of explanation, people may remember an old saying: If it ain't broke, don't fix it.
- Part of the answer probably lies in the principle " if it ain't broke, don't fix it ".
- We have all heard the saying, "If it ain't broke, don't fix it."
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