| 单词 | ruin |
| 释义 | verb | noun ruinruin1 /ˈruɪn/ ●●○ S3 verb [transitive] 1to spoil or destroy something completely: All their furniture was ruined in the flood. The scandal nearly ruined his career.2social studies, economics to make someone lose all his or her money: A long strike would ruin the company.—ruined adjective [only before noun]: ruined houses verb | noun ruinruin2 ●●○ noun 1[uncountable] a situation in which you have lost all your money, your social position, or the good opinion that people had about you: financial ruin Unwise investments put him on the road to ruin.2[countable] the part of a building that is left after the rest has been destroyed: ancient ruins an 800-year-old Mayan ruin the ruins of the old abbey3be/lie in ruins a)if a building is in ruins, it has fallen down or been badly damaged: Whole blocks of the city were in ruins after the war. b)if someone’s life, a country's economy, etc. is in ruins, it is affected by very great problems: Our economy lies in ruins.4the ruins of something the parts of something such as an organization, system, or set of ideas that remain after the rest has been destroyed: He contemplated the ruins of his marriage.5fall into ruin (also go to ruin) to become damaged or destroyed because of lack of care: The 18th-century mansion has fallen into ruin.6be the ruin of somebody/something old-fashioned to be the thing that spoils or destroys something, especially someone’s life or career: Manning’s love for alcohol was the ruin of him. [Origin: 1300–1400 Old French ruine, from Latin ruina] → see also go to rack and ruin at rack1 (6) |
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