单词	ruination
释义	ruination /ruːɪˈneɪʃ(ə)n / noun [mass noun] 1The action or fact of ruining someone or something or of being ruined: commercial malpractice causes the ruination of thousands of people... Compared to the natural process of ruination, human destruction seems much more ferocious. We could have stalled the ruination of thousands of small production units if we had paid heed to the plea of a level-playing field. Play was his ruination - he once won £60,000 at a single gaming session, but lost it in a week. 1.1The state of being ruined: the headquarters fell into ruination... What can it mean that people should live contentedly in the ruins of their own capital city, the ruination having been wrought not by war or natural disaster but by prolonged (and in my view deliberate) neglect? They went on to build up Japan once more from ruination and became the puppeteers of Japan's political structure from their powerbase in the Jiyuto. The first steps to ruination can be traced to the Russo-Japanese War. Origin Mid 17th century: from obsolete ruinate + -ion.
随便看	the seven-year itch the Seychelles the Shades the shape of things to come the sharp end the Shetlands the Shires the shirt off (or on) one's back the short end of the stick the sick man of —— Thesiger, Wilfred the silent majority the silent treatment the silly season the silver screen thesis the Six the sky is the limit the sleep of the just the slightest —— the small of the back the small screen the Smoke the solid South the Solomons

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