- To ruin means to wreck or destroy. If you're wearing a long dress, make sure your clumsy brother stays away from you. If he steps on it, it'll rip and be ruined.
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- n. 废墟；毁坏
- v. 毁灭；破产
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1. The bad weather ruined our trip.
天气恶劣，破坏了我们的旅行。
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2. My new shoes got ruined in the mud.
我的新鞋被泥浆给糟蹋了。
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3. The country was ruined by the war.
这个国家因战争而遭到严重破坏。
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4. The divorce led to his ruin.
离婚使得他一贫如洗。
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5. Gambling was his ruin.
赌博毁了他。
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6. The old mill is now little more than a ruin.
老磨坊现在只剩下一点残垣断壁了。
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7. The scandal left his reputation in ruins.
这件丑闻使他身败名裂。
- ruin (n.) late 14c., "act of giving way and falling down," from Old French ruine "a collapse" (14c.), and directly from Latin ruina "a collapse, a rushing down, a tumbling down" (source also of Spanish ruina, Italian rovina), related to ruere "to rush, fall violently, collapse," from PIE *reue- (2) "to smash, knock down, tear out, dig up" (see rough (adj.)). Meaning "complete destruction of anything" is from 1670s. Ruins "remains of a decayed building or town" is from mid-15c.; the same sense was in the Latin plural noun.
- ruin (v.) 1580s (transitive), from ruin (n.). Intransitive sense "fall into ruin" is from c. 1600. Financial sense is attested from 1660. Related: Ruined; ruining.
ruin ★ / ˈruːɪn ; NAmE ˈruːɪn / verb , noun ruin ruins ruined ruining verb ★ 1 ★ ruinsth to damage sth so badly that it loses all its value, pleasure, etc; to spoil sth 毁坏；破坏；糟蹋 SYN wreck ◆ The bad weather ruined our trip. 天气恶劣，破坏了我们的旅行。 ◆ That one mistake ruined his chances of getting the job. 正是那个错误断送了他得到那份工作的机会。 ◆ My new shoes got ruinedin the mud. 我的新鞋被泥浆给糟蹋了。 2 ★ ruinsb/sth to make sb/sth lose all their money, their position, etc. 使破产（或失去地位等）；毁灭 ◆ If she loses the court case it will ruin her. 如果败诉，她就完了。 ◆ The country was ruined by the war. 这个国家因战争而遭到严重破坏。 noun ★ 1 ★ [uncountable ] the state or process of being destroyed or severely damaged 毁坏；破坏；毁灭 ◆ A large number of churches fell into ruinafter the revolution. 革命过后，许多教堂都毁了。 2 ★ [uncountable ] the fact of having no money, of having lost your job, position, etc. 破产；一无所有；失去工作（或地位等） ◆ The divorce ultimately led to his ruin. 离婚最终使得他一贫如洗。 ◆ The bank stepped in to save the company from financial ruin. 银行的介入使这家公司免于破产。 3 [singular ] something that causes a person, company, etc. to lose all their money, job, position, etc. 破产（或丢掉工作等）的根源；祸根 SYN downfall ◆ Gambling was his ruin. 赌博毁了他。 4 ★ [countable ] ( alsoruins [plural ] ) the parts of a building that remain after it has been destroyed or severely damaged 残垣断壁；废墟 ◆ The old mill is now little more than a ruin. 老磨坊现在只剩下一点残垣断壁了。 ◆ We visited the ruins of a Norman castle. 我们参观了一座诺曼式城堡的遗迹。 ◆ ( figurative) He was determined to build a new life out of the ruins of his career. 他决心从事业失败中爬起来，重新开始新的生活。 IDIOM in ˈruins destroyed or severely damaged 毁坏；严重受损；破败不堪 ◆ Years of fighting have left the area in ruins. 经年的战事已经使得这个地区满目疮痍。 ◆ The scandal left his reputation in ruins. 这件丑闻使他身败名裂。 ☞more at rack n. ruin / ˈruːɪn ; NAmE ˈruːɪn /
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