ruin

['ruin]

v.毁灭, 毁坏, 破产
n.毁灭, 废墟, 崩溃

n.

1. 毁灭; 崩溃; 毁坏[U]

476AD saw the ruin of Roman Empire.

公元476年罗马帝国灭亡。

2. (建筑物的)断垣残壁[C]

3. 废墟; 遗迹[P]

We visited the ruins of the temple.

我们参观了那个庙宇的遗迹。

4. 倾家荡产; 丧失地位; 堕落[U]

5. 祸因[the S]

Drink was his father's ruin and it will be the ruin of him too!

酗酒是他父亲毁灭的原因, 他也将遭同样的厄运!

vt.

1. 使毁灭; 毁坏

The heavy rain ruined our holiday.

大雨把我们的假期彻底搞糟了。

The flood ruined the crops.

水灾毁坏了庄稼。

2. 使成废墟

The hurricane ruined all the houses here.

飓风使这里所有的房屋成为废墟。

3. 使破产; 诱奸

vi.

1. 毁灭, 毁坏

2. 变成废墟

3. 破产; 堕落

词形变化

形容词: ruinable | 名词: ruiner | 动词过去式: ruined | 动词过去分词: ruined | 动词现在分词: ruining | 动词第三人称单数: ruins |

词义辨析

同义:

vt.毁灭; 破坏; 毁坏

destroy  spoil  mar  upset  wreck  devastate  ravage  demolish  

同义参见:

loss  impoverish  butcher  havoc  devour  damage  foil  flatten  desolation  fall  blight  beggar  downfall  death  murder  mishap  misfortune  smash  

反义:

vt.毁灭, 破坏

repair  fix  build  construct  restore  

反义参见:

make  establish  erect  construct  create  

英英释义

名词 ruin:

an irrecoverable state of devastation and destruction

同义词：ruination

a ruined building

the process of becoming dilapidated

同义词：dilapidation

an event that results in destruction

同义词：ruination

failure that results in a loss of position or reputation

同义词：downfall, ruination

destruction achieved by causing something to be wrecked or ruined

同义词：laying waste, ruining, ruination, wrecking

动词 ruin:

destroy completely; damage irreparably

同义词：destroy

destroy or cause to fail

reduce to bankruptcy

同义词：bankrupt, break, smash

reduce to ruins

deprive of virginity

同义词：deflower

fall into ruin

短语词组

in ruins

1. 成为废墟

The castle is now in ruins.

城堡现在已成废墟。

补充

ruinruin英:[ˈruin] 美:[ˈruɪn]vt.1.破坏, 毁掉The storm ruined our wheat.暴风雨毁坏了我们的小麦。2.使破产, 使沦落I was ruined by that law case, I'm a ruined man.我被那场官司搞垮了, 现在已经倾家荡产。n.1.毁坏, 毁灭, 灭亡This news meant the ruin of all our hopes.这消息使我们的一切希望都破灭了。2.完全丧失, 断送; 垮台(的原因)This flood will be the ruin of the harvest.这场洪水将是没有收成的祸根。3.破败、坍塌或毁坏的状态The church has fallen into ruin.那教堂已破败不堪。4.废墟; 遗迹The abbey is now a ruin.那座修道院现已成废墟。Many ruins of Roman date are to be seen in the south of France.许多古罗马时期的遗迹可以在法国南部看到。

例句

1. It was very splendid once, but it is a ruin now.它曾经富丽堂皇, 而今却破败不堪。 2. The vineyards were falling into ruin.这些葡萄园日渐破败。 3. Our lives are in ruin.我们的生活没落了。 4. Recent inflation has driven them to the brink of ruin.最近通货膨胀已经把他们逼到了破产的边缘。 5. Crow was heading for ruin.克罗正走向破产。 6. financial ruin经济破灭 7. She wasn't going to let her plans go to ruin.她不会让计划落空。 8. Her beautiful blue and gold gown was a ruin.她漂亮的蓝黄色礼服被毁了。 9. His life was a charred ruin.他的一生彻底毁了。 10. When Maria died, she was a ruin not only in body but in spirit.玛丽亚死时不仅贫困潦倒, 精神也彻底垮了。 11. A single mistake could mean the ruin of a priceless treasure forever.一个错误就可能把一件无价之宝的价值永久毁掉。 12. My life and reputation are ruined.我的生活和名誉都毁了。 13. It ruined their relations with the unions.它破坏了他们与工会的关系。 14. You are ruining your health.你正在损害自己的健康。 15. You don't want to ruin your nice dress.你不想把自己漂亮的裙子弄坏吧。 16. The carpet was ruined in the flood.地毯在洪水中损坏了。 17. You'll ruin your shoes.你会把鞋弄坏的。 18. He'd been drinking too much too and it ruined my trip.他还在酗酒, 这毁了我的旅行。 19. The contract would certainly have ruined him.这份合同本来肯定会让他破产的。 20. The whole supermarket was ruined in a great fire.整个超级市场被一场大火烧掉。 21. Bad weather ruined our holidays.坏天气把我们的假日全给搅了。 22. You are ruining the child!你把孩子宠坏了! 23. He was ruined by gambling.赌博使他倾家荡产。 24. She was ruined by a rascal.她被一个流氓引诱而失去了贞操。 25. a large white house falling into gentle ruin.开始慢慢破败的一幢白色大房子。 26. the ruins of the castle.城堡的遗迹。 27. the church is a ruin now.这座教堂现已破败不堪。 28. the ruin and heartbreak wrought by alcohol, divorce, and violence.由喝酒、离婚和暴力造成的毁灭和悲哀。 29. they don't know how to say no, and that's been their ruin.他们不知道如何说不，这就是他们失败的原因。 30. the financial cost could mean ruin.这财政开支可能意味着破产。 31. [as adj. ruined]a ruined castle.一座倾圮的城堡。 32. a noisy motorway has ruined village life.喧嚣的高速公路毁坏了乡村生活。 33. they were ruined by the highest interest rates this century.他们被本世纪的最高利率弄得倾家荡产。 34. carriages go ruining over the brink from time to time.马车间或在陡岸哗啦一声掉下。 35. the economy was in ruins.经济崩溃了。 36. a ruined building坍塌的楼宇 37. The bad news ruined my week.那个坏消息使得我一个星期没好过。 38. That one mistake ruined my chances of getting the job.就那一个错误毁了我获得那份工作的希望。 39. The cost of the court case nearly ruined them.诉讼费用使他们几乎倾家荡产。 40. The city was in a state of ruin.那个城市破败不堪。 41. the ruins of the ancient city of Pompeii庞贝古城的遗迹 42. After the accident her life seemed to be in ruins.发生意外以后，她的一生似乎已毁了。 43. Moths ruined the sweater.蛀虫把这件毛衣蛀蚀了。 44. Years of computer use ruined his eyesight. [=made his eyesight very poor]他的视力因多年使用电脑而受损。 45. The bad weather ruined the party.坏天气把这场派对毁了。 46. I ruined the sauce by adding too much garlic.我放了太多大蒜，把酱汁做砸了。 47. His low test scores ruined his chances of getting into a good school.他考试成绩太差，失去了上好学校的机会。 48. Poor customer service ruined the company's reputation.不良的客户服务败坏了公司的声誉。 49. You ruined my life! [=you made my life very difficult or unpleasant]你毁了我的生活！ 50. He was ruined by debt.他被债务压垮了。 51. The scandal ruined the mayor.丑闻断送了这位市长的前程。 52. The incident led to the ruin of their relationship.这件事使他们关系破裂。 53. The abandoned town had gone to ruin.这座废弃的小镇满目凄凉。 54. Don't let the house your grandfather built fall into ruin.不要让你祖父建造的房屋变得破败不堪。 55. The castle is now a ruin.那座城堡现在已沦为废墟。 56. the ruins of the ancient city那座古城的遗迹 57. We saw the (ancient) Mayan/Roman ruins.我们看到了（古代）玛雅文明/罗马文明的遗迹。 58. He searched through the ruins of his childhood for the cause of his unhappiness.他梳理自己不幸的童年，寻找不快乐的根源。 59. The drought brought economic/financial ruin to local farmers.这场干旱给当地农民造成了严重经济损失。 60. Her drug addiction brought her to the brink of ruin.她的毒瘾使她走到了毁灭的边缘。 61. Her drug addiction was her ruin.毒瘾是她堕落的根源。 62. Street violence is the ruin of too many young people today.当今的街头暴力是很多年轻人堕落的原因。 63. The building was/lay in ruins.那栋建筑变成了废墟。 64. "After her death, the family was in ruins."她死后，那个家就垮了。