ruin

['ruin]

v.毁灭, 毁坏, 破产
n.毁灭, 废墟, 崩溃

例句与用法:

He ruined his prospects by carelessness.

他因疏忽大意而断送了前途。

His rashness led ultimately to his ruin.

他的急躁鲁莽最终导致了他的毁灭。

The rain ruined my painting.

这场雨把我的画给毁了。

The castle now lies in ruins.

那城堡现在已成了一片废墟了。

词形变化:

形容词: ruinable | 名词: ruiner | 动词过去式: ruined | 动词过去分词: ruined | 动词现在分词: ruining | 动词第三人称单数: ruins |

详细释义:

n.

1. 毁灭; 崩溃; 毁坏[U]

476AD saw the ruin of Roman Empire.

公元476年罗马帝国灭亡。

2. (建筑物的)断垣残壁[C]

3. 废墟; 遗迹[P]

We visited the ruins of the temple.

我们参观了那个庙宇的遗迹。

4. 倾家荡产; 丧失地位; 堕落[U]

5. 祸因[the S]

Drink was his father's ruin and it will be the ruin of him too!

酗酒是他父亲毁灭的原因, 他也将遭同样的厄运!

vt.

1. 使毁灭; 毁坏

The heavy rain ruined our holiday.

大雨把我们的假期彻底搞糟了。

The flood ruined the crops.

水灾毁坏了庄稼。

2. 使成废墟

The hurricane ruined all the houses here.

飓风使这里所有的房屋成为废墟。

3. 使破产; 诱奸

vi.

1. 毁灭, 毁坏

2. 变成废墟

3. 破产; 堕落


短语词组:

in ruins

1. 成为废墟

The castle is now in ruins.

城堡现在已成废墟。