liquidate
美音:
[´lıkwı´deıt
]英音:
[´lıkwı´deıt
]v.清算
难易程度:
liquidate为短语/超纲词汇
词形变化:
名词:liquidation 动词过去式:liquidated 过去分词:liquidated 现在分词:liquidating 第三人称单数:liquidates
liquidate
/'lɪkwɪdeɪt; `lɪkwɪ,det/
v [Tn]
1 pay or settle (a debt) 清偿或结算(债务).
2 close down (a business) and divide up the proceeds to pay its debts 清算(公司)(清理资产以偿还债务).
3 get rid of (sb), esp by killing 清除(某人)(尤指杀掉)
*liquidated his political opponents 肃清政敌.
liquidate
v
[Date: 1500-1600; Language: Late Latin;Origin: , past participle of liquidare 'to melt', from Latin liquidus; LIQUID2]
[I and T]
to close a business or company and sell the things that belong to it, in order to pay its debts
[T]technical
to pay a debt
The stock was sold to liquidate the loan.
[T]informal
to kill someone or destroy something that is causing a problem