摘要：这个词语好理解，鱼等呈现肚子朝上翻了白肚子的状态，自然就是死亡的样子，也就是：彻底失败；垮掉；完蛋；倒闭

belly /ˈbeli/

n.肚子；腹部；(物体的)圆形或凸起部分；腹部…形的

vi.张满；鼓起

go belly up

彻底失败；垮掉；完蛋；破产，倒闭

这个词语好理解，鱼等呈现肚子朝上翻了白肚子的状态，自然就是死亡的样子，也就是：彻底失败；垮掉；完蛋；倒闭

侧重指企业因经营不善等原因的倒闭或破产

to fail completely

I really can't afford to see this company go belly up.

我绝对不能眼睁睁地看着这家公司垮掉。

Last year the business went belly up after sales continued to fall.

这家公司销售逐年下降，最终在去年破产了。

Last year the business went belly up after one of the partners resigned.

去年一位合伙人退出后，这家企业就垮掉了。

Everything started off well， but the business went belly up when one of the partners resigned.

开始时一切顺利，但是当一位合伙人退出时，生意就破产了。

My uncle's afraid that our company is going to go belly up.

我叔叔担心我们公司会倒闭。

The business went belly up after only six months in operation.

这家公司只营业了六个月就破产了。

As soon as our new product hits the market，all other cell phone manufacturers are just going to go belly up

等我们的新产品推出，其他手机厂都要倒闭了。

Many companies went belly up during the great inflation.

许多公司在大通货膨胀期间倒闭了。

Due to rising attraction of online business, small vendors seem to go belly up within few years.

由于网上生意的吸引力越来越大，小商家似乎在几年内就会倒闭。

The new restaurant in town went belly up just after a month of its inauguration.

镇上的那家新餐馆开业一个月后就倒闭了。

It takes great effort to make a business survive in the market. 70% businesses go belly up during the first decade itself.

企业要想在市场上生存下来需要付出很大的努力。70%的企业在最初的十年里倒闭。

Nevertheless, lots and lots of money went pouring into online ventures that rapidly went belly up.

尽管如此，还是有很多很多的钱涌入了网络企业，这些企业很快就倒闭了。

Factories and farms went belly up because of the debt crisis

工厂和农场因债务危机破产了

Most of the marriages went belly up for the pain of it all.

大多数婚姻都因痛苦而失败（破裂）。

The company is about to go belly up.

这家公司即将倒闭。

Sorry, John, I'd love to give you a lift to the airport, by my car has gone belly up on me again.

抱歉John，我很想送你去机场，但是我的车又坏了。

In the modern world, a company that does not earn enough profit is said to go belly up.

在现在这个社会，一个公司如果不能得到足够的利润就意味着事业破产。

来源：翅膀英语一点号