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新东方-柯林斯雅思备考词典

ruin

英  [ˈruːɪn]
    

[NOUN, VERB]

    NOUN. 名词

  • ruins

    1. [U 不可数名词] 破产

    Ruin is the state of no longer having any money.

    双语例句

    例：

    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。

    2. [U 不可数名词] 毁坏 , 破落

    Ruin is the state of being severely damaged or spoiled, or the process of reaching this state.

    双语例句

    例：

    The vineyards were falling into ruin.

    那些葡萄园正日渐没落。

    3. [PL 复数] 残存部分

    The ruins of something are the parts of it that remain after it has been severely damaged or weakened.

    双语例句

    例：

    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一片大帝国的废墟上发展起来的。

    4. [C 可数名词] 废墟

    The ruins of a building are the parts of it that remain after the rest has fallen down or been destroyed.

    双语例句

    例：

    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。

    PHRASE. 习语

  • in ruins

    1. 毁灭了的

    If something is in ruins, it is completely spoiled.

    双语例句

    例：

    Its heavily subsidized economy is in ruins.

    它那严重依赖资助的经济已崩溃了。

    2. 成为废墟了的

    If a building or place is in ruins, most of it has been destroyed and only parts of it remain.

    双语例句

    例：

    The abbey was in ruins.

    这座修道院成了一片废墟。

    VERB. 动词

  • ruins , ruining , ruined

    1. [T 及物动词] 毁坏

    To ruin something means to severely harm, damage, or spoil it.

    双语例句

    例：

    My wife was ruining her health through worry.

    忧郁严重损害了我妻子的健康。

    2. [T 及物动词] 使倾家荡产

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

    双语例句

    例：

    She accused him of ruining her financially with his taste for the high life.

    她指责他为了追求高档的生活使得她倾家荡产。

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