倒闭英文怎么说呢（地道英语：破产的几种花样说法）
（1）go broke破产，倒闭
Anybody can go broke.
任何人都有可能破产。
No one in America should go broke because they get sick.
美国的任何一个公民都不会因为生病而破产。
The majority of small businesses go broke within the first twenty-four months.
大多数小企业在开张后的24个月内就倒闭了。《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》
Balton went broke twice in his career.
巴尔顿一生中经历了两次破产。
It is the lack of self-discipline that causes most lottery winners to go broke soon after winning millions.
正是因为缺乏自律,大部分彩票中奖者在赢得数百万美元后很快就破产了。
He won millions in the lottery, but he soon went broke.
他买彩票中了几百万，但不久就变得身无分文。
The majority of small businesses go broke within the first twenty-four months.
大多数小企业在开张后的24个月内就倒闭了。
I made some bad investments last year, and it looks as if I may go broke this year.
去年我做了一些糟糕的投资，看来今年我可能要破产。
The firm will go broke if it can't pay off its debts in two months.
如果公司不能在两个月内偿还债务，便会破产。
There used to be a rubber estate there, but the company went broke and it was
abandoned.
过去那边有一个橡胶园，但是那家公司破产了，橡胶园也丢荒了。
During the recession thousands of small businesses went broke .
经济衰退期间成千上万家小企业破产了（被迫关门了）。
The recession has led to many small businesses going bankrupt
经济不景气导致许多小企业破产。
这里的broke千万不要写成broken。此外go broke、go bankrupt、go bust go under都可以表示“破产”
（2）bankruptcy企业或个人破产,名词（正式）
go/be bankrupt（正式）
The company is bankrupt. 公司已经破产。
If your liabilities exceed your assets, you may go bankrupt.
如果你所负的债超过你的资产，你就会破产。
They warn that the firm will go bankrupt before January without an emergency
cash injection.
他们警告说，公司如果在一月份之前还没有紧急资金注入将会破产。
Our company is on the ropes, if we don’t get a big order soon, we'll go
bankrupt.
我们的公司快完蛋啦，如果我们不马上搞来大笔的订货，我们就要破产了。
The firm is in dire straits and may go bankrupt.
这家公司已陷入极度困境之中，可能会破产。
They went bankrupt in 1993. 他们于1993年破产。
The way things are going the company will be bankrupt by the end of the year.
从事态发展的情况看，到年底公司就得破产。
It was touch and go whether we'd go bankrupt.
我们是否会破产还很难说。
Put simply, we accept their offer or go bankrupt.
简单地说吧，我们要么接受他们的条件，要么破产。
The choice facing the company is simple: diversify or go bankrupt.
摆在公司面前的道路不难选择：要么进行多种经营，要么破产。
At this rate, we'll soon be bankrupt. 照此情形，我们很快就会破产。
The company was almost bankrupted by legal costs.
这家公司为律师费用所累几乎破产。
They brought him in to help save the club from bankruptcy.
他们把他请来挽救俱乐部免于破产。
The company had filed for bankruptcy.
该公司已提出破产申请。
The British East India Tea Company was overextended and faced bankruptcy.
英国东印度茶业公司摊子大、开支多，已濒临破产。
After the war, The House of Hardie came near to bankruptcy
战后，哈迪家族濒于破产。
（3）go/be bust
We lost our money when the travel company went bust. 旅行社破产，我们的钱都赔了进去。
《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》
We're bust! 我们破产了！
The company went bust because of its inadequate management.
这家公司由于管理不善破产了。
The firm had only been running for a year when it went bust and a lot of people
lost their money.
公司开办刚刚一年就倒闭了，许多人亏掉了钱。
More than twenty companies in the district went bust during the last three months.
过去的3个月里这一地区有超过20家公司破产。
（4）go under 多用于口语，原意是指船的 “沉没”，例如：The ship leaked so badly that
it finally went under.（这条船漏得厉害，最后沉了。）也可引申指公司或企业的“破产”
或 “倒闭”。
例句：
The firm will go under unless business improves.
生意若无起色，公司非垮不可。
Despite his great efforts. Mr. Boxter’s new store went under at the end of six
months.
尽管他很努力，博克斯特先生的新商店经营了六个月来就倒闭了。
Nothing could be done to keep his business from going under.
做什么都挽救不了他的企业要破产。
Many firms in the South Asia went under last year owing to the financial crisis that
swept throughout industry and agriculture alike.
南亚的许多公司由于去年金融危机中倒闭，这场金融危机席卷了整个工业和农业。
The charity will go under unless a generous donor can be found within the next
few months.
除非能在今后几个月中找到一位捐赠者慷慨解囊，否则这家慈善机构将会倒闭。
（5）fall through或drop through （多指计划、交易等破产失败）
I hope the plan doesn't fall through a second time owing to lack of funds.
我不希望这项计划因缺少资金再次破产。
The scheme they made such a fuss about seems to have dropped through.
他们大肆嚷嚷的那个计划看来已经破产了。
He fell down on the job through carelessness.
由于粗心大意，他在这件工作中失败了。
The plot has fallen through.
阴谋破产了。
The original plan has fallen through.
原来的计划吹了。
Our plans fell through because of lack of money.
我们的计划由于缺钱而落空了。
（6）come to naught
How the Minimum Wage Plan has come to naught in our Country.
最低工资计划如何在我国化为乌有的。
Tide Turns for Buckman, Johnston Land Deals; Lengthy Attempts at Transactions Have Come to Naught.
巴克曼，约翰斯顿土地交易的潮流转向；长期的交易尝试已经化为乌有。
(7) go into liquidation进入清算阶段即为破产
If the banks opt to pull the rug from under the ill-fated project, it will go into liquidation.
如果这些银行不再对这个倒霉的项目提供支持，它也就破产了。《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》
The company has gone into liquidation. 这家公司已破产。《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》
The failed firm went into liquidation with just £29m in the bank.
这家失败的公司已破产，银行里只有2900万英镑。
The solar sector has also criticised the government for lack of support after a series of solar panel providers going into liquidation.
在一系列太阳能电池板供应商破产后，太阳能行业也批评政府缺乏支持。
Since going into liquidation at the beginning of last month, it has not been possible to contact it for comment.
自上月初破产（进入清算阶段）以来，一直无法联系该公司置评。
The club may go into liquidation if they cannot settle the debt.
如果俱乐部不能清偿债务，他们可能会破产。
Many companies that go into liquidation will sell their stock and equipment at auction.
许多进入清算阶段的公司将在拍卖会上出售其股票和设备。
Criminal firesetters may simply want an insurance payout for an old car or a business that is about to go into liquidation.
犯罪纵火者可能只是想为一辆旧车或一家即将清算的企业支付保险费。
It said last month that it might have to go into liquidation if it cannot restructure its debt, which totals more than $1 billion (649 million).
该公司上个月表示，如果不能重组其总额超过10亿美元（6.49亿美元）的债务，可能不得不进行清算。
（8）go to the wall
Several firms have gone to the wall recently.
最近有几家公司倒闭了。