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Defunct (倒閉)

凡是經濟不景的時候，總會有公司或商店結業或倒閉。東主並會申請清盤或破產。日前，一家速遞公司倒閉，120名被裁的員工向結業的僱主追討四百萬。120 laid-off employees claim HK $4 m from defunct courier。

法庭消息，目前已倒閉的一家餐廳集團的創辦人成功\向法庭上訴要求縮短破產限制，他將於下個月中恢復做生意。The founder of the now defunct Farm House Restaurant chain will be able to go back into business from the middle of next month following a successful appeal to have his bankruptcy restriction shortened。

Defunct是「倒閉」的意思。它是形容詞，其他例子：It isn’t true that the British aircraft industry is defunct是「英國的飛機製造業已經倒閉的傳聞並非事實」，They bought all their equipment from a defunct supermarket 是「他們從一家倒閉的超級市場買入所有設備」。