单词 | ruin |
释义 | ruin /'ru:m; 'ruin/ n 1 [U] destruction; overthrow; serious damage: 毁灭; 瓦痈; 推翻; 严重的损坏: the ~ of her hopes; 她的希望的幻灭; the impulse that led to my ~; 使我身败名裂的冲动; brought to ~ by gambling and drink. 因赌荐与酗酒而堕落。 2 [U] state of being decayed, destroyed, collapsed: 败坏、毁坏、崩溃的状态: The castle has fallen into 那城堡已破败不堪。 go to rack and ~, → rack4. [C] sth which has decayed, been destroyed, etc: 已败坏、被毁坏等之物: The building is in ~s. 那建筑物已成薪壁残垣。 The abbey is now a ~. 该修道院现已成废墟。 3 [U] cause of 毁灭、败坏等的原因: Gambling was his ~ (= was the ~ of him). 赌博是使他堕落的原因。 vt [VP6A] cause the ~ of: 使毁灭; 使败坏: You will ~ your prospects if you continue to be so foolish. 如果你继续此种愚行,你将自毁前程。 The storm ~ed the crops. 暴风雨摧毁了雇作物。 He's bankrupt and ~ed, has lost all his money, property, etc. 他完全破窿了。 ~ation /.run'neijn; , ruin'e/sn/ n [U] being ~ed; bringing to ~: 毁灭; 败坏; 导致毁灭或败坏: These late frosts mean ~ation to the fruit farmers. 春寒意辑着对果农之重大破坏。 ~,ous /-as; -as/ adj 1 causing ~: 招致毁灭的: ~ous expenditure/folly. 使人破产的花费(毁人的愚行)。 2 in ~s: 毁坏的; 破落不堪的: live in a ~ous old house. 住在一个破败不堪的老屋中。~ - ously adv |
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