solvent

solvent — 形容詞

1. having enough money or assets to pay everything you owe to other people or organ

1.形容詞B2
釋義

有償債能力的

有足夠資金償還債務

having enough money or assets to pay everything you owe to other people or organisations, especially when referring to a company or business

例句

Nikhil's company stayed solvent by carefully managing its expenses during the crisis.

Nikhil 的公司透過謹慎管理開支，在危機期間仍能維持償債能力。

collocation: stay solvent

The bank will only lend money to businesses that are solvent and well-managed.

銀行只會貸款給有能力還款且經營良好的企業。

predicative: be solvent

同義詞
  • financially stable

    broader term; implies overall financial health, not just debt-covering ability

  • in the black

    informal; means making a profit, which is related but not identical

  • creditworthy

    focuses on ability to be trusted with loans, a narrower financial assessment

反義詞
  • insolvent

    direct opposite; unable to pay debts owed

  • bankrupt

    legally declared unable to pay debts, a more severe status

文法句型

be + solvent

remain + solvent

become + solvent

用法筆記

Most commonly used predicatively (the company is solvent). Attributive use before a noun (a solvent company) is less common but acceptable in financial writing. The opposite is insolvent.

常見錯誤

❌The chemical is solvent in water.
✅The chemical is soluble in water.
💡'solvent' as an adjective describes a person or business that can pay debts, not a substance that dissolves.

solvent — 名詞