1. fail:
例：
A large number of businesses failed when
interest rates rose. （利息提高了，很多企業(yè)破產了。）
Thousands of small businesses fail each
week. （每周都有無數(shù)的小企業(yè)倒閉。）
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2. go out of business: if a company
goes out of business, it stops existing because it is no longer making a profit
例：
Many small farms are going out of business.
（很多小農場即將破產。）
Our favorite store's going out of business.
（我們最喜歡的店要關門結業(yè)了。）
be put/forced out of business
As the recession hit, many traders were
forced out of business. （經濟不景氣，很多生意人都破產了。）
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3. go under: if a business, bank, or
company goes under, it fails - used especially in newspapers and business
contexts
例：
When the company went under, some of our
workers found positions with Ford. （我們公司倒閉以后，有些員工去了福特上班。）
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4. close down: if a shop, factory,
or business closes down, it stops making or selling goods
例：
If the factory closes down, 600 people will
lose their jobs. （這個工廠要是倒閉了，將有600人失業(yè)。）
Coal mines are closing down all over the
country. （全國的煤礦企業(yè)都相繼倒閉。）
Not long ago, the orchestra was the pride
of the city. Now it is on the verge of closing down. （不久前，這個交響樂團還是這個城市的驕傲，但是現(xiàn)在，它瀕臨散伙。）
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5. closure: n. use this when
a shop, factory, or business fails and closes
備注：英式英語中常用''closure''，美式英語中常用''closing''。
例：
Further factory closures have been
announced. （工廠已經宣布了即將倒閉的消息。）
closure of
The closing of the company was a great loss
to the town. （這個公司的倒閉對小鎮(zhèn)來說是個巨大的損失。）
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6. face/be threatened with closure: 即將倒閉
例：
Penrhyn is now the largest quarry in the
world, yet 5 years ago it faced closure. （現(xiàn)在彭林是世界上最大的采石場，但是5年前它瀕臨倒閉。）
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7. go bankrupt/go bust: if a person
or company goes bankrupt, they are legally forced to sell their property and
possessions to pay their debts
備注：''go
bankrupt/go bust''是非正式的用法。
例：
Her father went bankrupt in 1984. （她爸爸1984年的時候破產了。）
The firm went bankrupt before the building
work was completed. （建筑工程還沒完成，這個公司就倒閉了。）
He bought a small printing firm that had
gone bankrupt. （他買下了一個已宣告破產的印刷廠。）
The company went bust last year, owing ￡12
million. （該公司去年破產，欠債1200萬。）
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8. fold: to fail and be unable to
continue in business
備注：''fold''是非正式的用法。
例：
Most of the companies dependent on the
steelworks folded within weeks. （依附于這個輪胎廠的大部分公司都在幾周內倒閉了。）
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9. go to the wall: to fail and be
unable to continue in business, especially because of difficult economic
conditions
備注：''go to the
wall''是非正式的用法。
例：
Many investors will go to the wall. （很多投資者將會破產。）
Over 300 small firms have gone to the wall
in the past year. （去年300多家小企業(yè)倒閉了。）
High interest rates will force many businesses to go to the wall. （高利率將導致很多企業(yè)倒閉。）
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