ruin

ruin

noun

1. destruction achieved by causing something to be wrecked or ruined

Synonym: laying wasteruiningruinationwrecking

2. a ruined building

e.g. they explored several Roman ruins

3. failure that results in a loss of position or reputation

Synonym: downfallruination

4. an event that results in destruction

Synonym: ruination

5. the process of becoming dilapidated

Synonym: dilapidation

6. an irrecoverable state of devastation and destruction

e.g. you have brought ruin on this entire family

Synonym: ruination

verb

1. fall into ruin

2. deprive of virginity

e.g. This dirty old man deflowered several young girls in the village

Synonym: deflower

3. destroy completely
damage irreparably

e.g. You have ruined my car by pouring sugar in the tank!
The tears ruined her make-up

Synonym: destroy

4. reduce to ruins

e.g. The country lay ruined after the war

5. reduce to bankruptcy

e.g. My daughter's fancy wedding is going to break me!
The slump in the financial markets smashed him

Synonym: bankruptbreaksmash

6. destroy or cause to fail

e.g. This behavior will ruin your chances of winning the election

1. 毁坏;摧毁;严重损害
To ruin something means to severely harm, damage, or spoil it.

e.g. My wife was ruining her health through worry...
忧虑严重损害了我妻子的健康。
e.g. Entire villages have been washed away. Roads and bridges have been destroyed and crops ruined.
这些村庄全部都被冲走了。道路和桥梁都被破坏了，农作物也全毁了。

2. 使破产
To ruin someone means to cause them to no longer have any money.

ruin的翻译

e.g. She accused him of ruining her financially with his taste for the high life.
她指责他为了追求奢华的生活致使她倾家荡产。

3. 破产
Ruin is the state of no longer having any money.

e.g. The farmers say recent inflation has driven them to the brink of ruin.
农民们说最近的通货膨胀使他们濒临破产。

4. 毁灭;崩溃;瓦解;没落
Ruin is the state of being severely damaged or spoiled, or the process of reaching this state.

ruin在线翻译

e.g. The vineyards were falling into ruin...
这些葡萄园日渐没落。
e.g. She wasn't going to let her plans go to ruin.
她不会让她的计划破产的。

5. 残余部分;残存部分
The ruins of something are the parts of it that remain after it has been severely damaged or weakened.

e.g. The new Turkish republic he helped to build emerged from the ruins of a great empire...
他帮助建立起的新土耳其共和国是从一个伟大帝国的废墟上发展起来的。
e.g. He stood very still, staring in at the ruins of his work.
他站在那里一动也不动，呆呆地看着他残余的作品。

6. 废墟;遗迹;断壁残垣
The ruins of a building are the parts of it that remain after the rest has fallen down or been destroyed.

e.g. One dead child was found in the ruins almost two hours after the explosion...
爆炸发生将近两个小时以后，在废墟中发现了一个已经死亡的小孩。
e.g. There's only the mountain in this direction, and higher up an old ruin, an abandoned castle.
从这个方向望去只看得到这座山，以及更高处的一处废墟，一座废弃的城堡。

7. see also: ruined

8. 完全崩溃;垮掉;破败不堪
If something is in ruins, it is completely spoiled.

ruin

e.g. Its heavily-subsidized economy is in ruins...
其靠资助维持的经济已经完全崩溃了。
e.g. This country was once proud of its education system. Now it seems to be in ruins.
这个国家曾一度为其教育体系感到自豪。但现在它似乎已经千疮百孔了。

9. 一片废墟;满目疮痍
If a building or place is in ruins, most of it has been destroyed and only parts of it remain.

ruin的反义词

e.g. The abbey was in ruins...
这个修道院已经成了一片废墟。
e.g. Within Germany, the city of Berlin lay in ruins.
在德国，柏林市已经满目疮痍。

1. 毁灭：2009年12月23日,平安夜的前一天,在美服毁灭(Ruin)战场组杜隆坦(Durotan)服务器上,一个德莱尼女法师升到了80级. 当然,小编并不是在说这个流水帐,因为这个叫做Neve

2. 遗迹：就数量而言已经足够了,获得魔法有多个途径,最简单的就是在城堡中建立了图书馆并通过不同颜色的魔法药水来进行调配而成,而另外两种就要看运气了,在神殿(temple)和遗迹(ruin)中也可以探索到魔法.