ruin

英 [ˈruːɪn]

美 [ˈruːɪn]

v.  毁坏; 破坏; 糟蹋; 使破产(或失去地位等); 毁灭
n.  毁坏; 破坏; 毁灭; 破产; 一无所有; 失去工作(或地位等); 破产(或丢掉工作等)的根源; 祸根

复数：ruins　第三人称单数：ruins　现在分词：ruining　过去式：ruined　过去分词：ruined　

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Oxford 3000 / Collins.3 / BNC.5346 / COCA.4197

同义词辨析

ruinravagespoil【导航词义：破坏】

习惯用语

n.

in ruins
• 毁坏；严重受损；破败不堪
  destroyed or severely damaged
• Years of fighting have left the area in ruins.
  经年的战事已经使得这个地区满目疮痍。
• The scandal left his reputation in ruins.
  这件丑闻使他身败名裂。
go to rack and ruin
• 变得一团糟
  to get into a bad condition
• They let the house go to rack and ruin.
  这房子越来越破旧，他们也不管。

牛津词典

verb

• 毁坏；破坏；糟蹋
  to damage sth so badly that it loses all its value, pleasure, etc.; to spoil sth
  1. The bad weather ruined our trip.
     天气恶劣，破坏了我们的旅行。
  2. That one mistake ruined his chances of getting the job.
     正是这个错误断送了他得到那份工作的机会。
  3. My new shoes got ruined in the mud.
     我的新鞋被泥浆给糟蹋了。
• 使破产（或失去地位等）；毁灭
  to make sb/sth lose all their money, their position, etc.
  1. If she loses the court case it will ruin her.
     如果败诉，她就完了。
  2. The country was ruined by the war.
     这个国家因战争而遭到严重破坏。

noun

• 毁坏；破坏；毁灭
  the state or process of being destroyed or severely damaged
  1. A large number of churches fell into ruin after the revolution.
     革命过后，许多教堂都毁了。
• 破产；一无所有；失去工作（或地位等）
  the fact of having no money, of having lost your job, position, etc.
  1. The divorce ultimately led to his ruin.
     离婚最终使得他一贫如洗。
  2. The bank stepped in to save the company from financial ruin .
     银行的介入使这家公司免于经济崩溃。
• 破产（或丢掉工作等）的根源；祸根
  something that causes a person, company, etc. to lose all their money, job, position, etc.
  1. Gambling was his ruin.
     赌博毁了他。
• 残垣断壁；废墟
  the parts of a building that remain after it has been destroyed or severely damaged
  1. The old mill is now little more than a ruin.
     老磨坊现在只剩下一点残垣断壁了。
  2. We visited the ruins of a Norman castle.
     我们参观了一座诺曼式城堡的遗迹。
  3. He was determined to build a new life out of the ruins of his career.
     他决心从事业失败中爬起来，重新开始新的生活。

柯林斯词典

• VERB 毁坏;摧毁;严重损害
  Toruinsomething means to severely harm, damage, or spoil it.
  1. My wife was ruining her health through worry...
     忧虑严重损害了我妻子的健康。
  2. 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。
• VERB 使破产
  Toruinsomeone means to cause them to no longer have any money.
  1. 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。
• N-UNCOUNT 破产
  Ruinis the state of no longer having any money.
  1. 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。
• N-UNCOUNT 毁灭;崩溃;瓦解;没落
  Ruinis the state of being severely damaged or spoiled, or the process of reaching this state.
  1. The vineyards were falling into ruin...
     这些葡萄园日渐没落。
  2. She wasn't going to let her plans go to ruin.
     她不会让她的计划破产的。
• N-PLURAL 残余部分;残存部分
  The ruins ofsomething are the parts of it that remain after it has been severely damaged or weakened.
  1. 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。
  2. 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。
• N-COUNT 废墟;遗迹;断壁残垣
  The ruinsof a building are the parts of it that remain after the rest has fallen down or been destroyed.
  1. 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。
  2. 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。
• See also:ruined
• PHRASE 完全崩溃;垮掉;破败不堪
  If something isin ruins, it is completely spoiled.
  1. Its heavily-subsidized economy is in ruins...
     其靠资助维持的经济已经完全崩溃了。
  2. 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。
• PHRASE 一片废墟;满目疮痍
  If a building or place isin ruins, most of it has been destroyed and only parts of it remain.
  1. The abbey was in ruins...
     这个修道院已经成了一片废墟。
  2. Within Germany, the city of Berlin lay in ruins.
     在德国，柏林市已经满目疮痍。

英英释义

noun

• destruction achieved by causing something to be wrecked or ruined
  Synonym:laying wasteruiningruinationwrecking
• a ruined building
  1. they explored several Roman ruins
• failure that results in a loss of position or reputation
  Synonym:downfallruination
• an event that results in destruction
  Synonym:ruination
• the process of becoming dilapidated
  Synonym:dilapidation
• an irrecoverable state of devastation and destruction
  1. you have brought ruin on this entire family
  Synonym:ruination

verb

• fall into ruin
• deprive of virginity
  1. This dirty old man deflowered several young girls in the village
  Synonym:deflower
• destroy completely
  1. You have ruined my car by pouring sugar in the tank!
  2. The tears ruined her make-up
  Synonym:destroy
• reduce to ruins
  1. The country lay ruined after the war
• reduce to bankruptcy
  1. My daughter's fancy wedding is going to break me!
  2. The slump in the financial markets smashed him
  Synonym:bankruptbreaksmash
• destroy or cause to fail
  1. This behavior will ruin your chances of winning the election

双语例句

• 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。
• We looked out upon a scene of desolation and ruin
  我们放眼望去，眼前是一片荒凉的废墟。
• The abbey was in ruins
  这个修道院已经成了一片废墟。
• The magazine isn't trying to ruin his career, the man's digging his own grave by refusing an interview.
  这份杂志并非想断送他的事业，而他拒绝接受采访就是在自毁前程。
• The lapse of year will never efface that scene of ruin from my memory.
  时光的流逝绝不会把那废墟的景象从我的记忆中冲淡。
• Its heavily-subsidized economy is in ruins
  其靠资助维持的经济已经完全崩溃了。
• 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。
• It would only serve to precipitate his ruin.
  它只会加速他的毁灭。
• Another reason for banning lead in gasoline is that the lead can ruin the catalytic converter.
  禁止汽油里含铅的另一个原因，是铅能损坏催化式排气净化器。
• We cannot ruin our reputation over a small sum of money.
  咱可不能为了点儿小钱儿就砸了自己的牌子。