ADJ [usually verb-link ADJ]坏的;无用的;完蛋的 If you say that something is kaput, you mean that it is completely broken, useless, or finished. 坏的;无用的;完蛋的 [informal]
'What's happened to your car? —'It's kaput.'.
“你的车怎么了?”—“坏了。”
He finally admitted that his film career was kaput.