liquidate

verb

/ˈlɪkwɪdeɪt/

动词形式

present simple I / you / we / they liquidate	/ˈlɪkwɪdeɪt/ /ˈlɪkwɪdeɪt/
he / she / it liquidates	/ˈlɪkwɪdeɪts/ /ˈlɪkwɪdeɪts/
past simple liquidated	/ˈlɪkwɪdeɪtɪd/ /ˈlɪkwɪdeɪtɪd/
past participle liquidated	/ˈlɪkwɪdeɪtɪd/ /ˈlɪkwɪdeɪtɪd/
-ing form liquidating	/ˈlɪkwɪdeɪtɪŋ/ /ˈlɪkwɪdeɪtɪŋ/

[intransitive, transitive] liquidate (something) to close a business and sell everything it owns in order to pay debts清算，清盘（停业后将资产出售，偿还债务）Topics Businessc2
[transitive] liquidate something (finance金融) to sell something in order to get money变卖；变现
- to liquidate assets变卖资产
[transitive] liquidate something (finance金融) to pay a debt偿还，清偿（债务）
- They are having to sell off their equipment in order to liquidate their debts.为了清偿债务，他们不得不变卖设备。
[transitive] liquidate somebody/something (informal) to destroy or remove somebody/something that causes problems; to kill somebody消灭；摧毁；清除 synonym annihilate
- The government tried to liquidate the rebel movement and failed.政府试图肃清反叛运动，结果失败了。

词源mid 16th cent. (in the sense ‘set out (accounts) clearly’): from medieval Latin liquidat- ‘made clear’, from the verb liquidare, from Latin ‘liquidus’, from liquere ‘be liquid’. Senses (1) to (3) were influenced by Italian liquidare and French liquider, sense (4) by Russian likvidirovat.