某種好品質的淪喪
把「存量歸零」從錢移到品質上：一個人、一個制度或一套說法，在誠實、善意、想像力這些方面已經拿不出任何存底。
total lack of a quality · noun · C1
a total lack of a particular good quality, such as honesty or kindness.
淪喪；徹底缺乏
核心畫面
This is the noun for the condition itself: not the person and not the act, but the state of having nothing left to pay with while the debts still stand. Picture the folder on a lawyer's desk with the company's name on it — the doors shut, the accounts frozen, the debts sorted out by a court instead of by the owner. Keep that idea of a store that has run all the way down to zero, and the second use follows: the same word can name an emptiness where honesty or kindness should have been.
這個名詞指的是那個狀態本身：不是那個人，也不是那個動作，而是「已經沒有東西可以拿去還，債卻還在」的處境。可以想成律師…更多收起
這個名詞指的是那個狀態本身：不是那個人，也不是那個動作，而是「已經沒有東西可以拿去還，債卻還在」的處境。可以想成律師桌上那個貼著公司名字的卷宗——門關了、帳戶凍結了，債務改由法院來收拾，不再由老闆自己處理。抓住「存量一路見底、歸零」這個想法，第二個用法就接得上：同一個字也能用來指誠實或善意本來該在、卻空了的那個地方。From the picture
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bankruptcy (insolvency) · noun · B2
the state of being unable to pay the money you owe.
破產
原始詞典資料2 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
bankruptcynoun/ˈbæŋ.kɹʌp(t).si/
- 1
businessfinancelawA legally declared or recognized condition of insolvency of a person or organization.
- The company ended up filing for bankruptcy.
- He declared that these drastic steps would undoubtedly inconvenience a good many people, but the alternative was bankruptcy of the Ulster Transport Authority and the breakdown of public transport services.
- 2
card-gamesgamesA rule in Tycoon where if the top player does not get first place that round, they instantly get last place
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。