ruin

1. V-T To ruin something means to severely harm, damage, or spoil it. 毁坏

My wife was ruining her health through worry. 我妻子的忧虑正在损害着她的健康。

2. V-T To ruin someone means to cause them to no longer have any money. 使倾家荡产

She accused him of ruining her financially with his taste for the high life. 她指责他因其对高档生活的追求使得她倾家当产。

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

The farmers say recent inflation has driven them to the brink of ruin. 那些农民们说最近的通货膨胀已经把他们逼到了破产的边缘。

4. N-UNCOUNT Ruin is the state of being severely damaged or spoiled, or the process of reaching this state. 毁坏; 破落

The vineyards were falling into ruin. 那些葡萄园当时正日渐没落。

5. N-PLURAL The ruins of something are the parts of it that remain after it has been severely damaged or weakened. 残存部分

The new Turkish republic he helped to build emerged from the ruins of a great empire. 他帮助创建的新土耳其共和国是在大帝国残存的领土上建立起来的。

6. N-COUNT Theruins of a building are the parts of it that remain after the rest has fallen down or been destroyed. 废墟

One dead child was found in the ruins almost two hours after the explosion. 一名遇难儿童在爆炸发生近两小时后在废墟中被找到。

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8. PHRASE If something is in ruins, it is completely spoiled. 毁灭了的

Its heavily subsidized economy is in ruins. 它的严重依赖于资助的经济已崩溃了。

9. PHRASE If a building or place is in ruins, most of it has been destroyed and only parts of it remain. 成为废墟了的

The abbey was in ruins. 这座修道院成了一片废墟。