Definition of ruin in English:

ruin

noun ˈruːɪnˈruɪn

mass noun

1The physical destruction or disintegration of something or the state of disintegrating or being destroyed.
毁灭；灭亡；毁坏；崩溃；毁灭（或破败、倾圮）状态
a large white house falling into gentle ruin
开始慢慢破败的一幢白色大房子。
Example sentencesExamples
- Blessed with cataclysmic vision, we don't admit gentler outcomes, such as mere catastrophe or ruin.
- After the destruction and ruin of the war years, and the climate of nationalism which preceded them, many hoped for a new model of political co-operation in Europe.
- In Tolkien's world, evil is the antithesis of creativity, and is dependent on destruction and ruin for its basis.
- In several European countries, the poultry industry appears to be in imminent danger of ruin.
- In the midst of mass destruction, death and ruin, Lamb is quick to point out the bird singing, the lone flower pushing defiantly through the dirt, the smell of a pine tree.
- It was natural for us to attempt to paint ourselves in a more favorable light while making out the others as the troublemakers and causers of ruin.
- All over the world human strife arises from these sources, escalating into violence, bringing death and scattering ruin.
- Doors and windows are constantly falling out and the place is falling to ruin before their very eyes.
- The human figure is reduced to anonymity in the seemingly endless vista of ruin and devastation.
- In addition to the physical ruin, there was the collapse of the ideology which had been so prominent.
- One atom bomb had created as much ruin and misery as hundreds of airplanes had.
- Russian poetry tended to the apocalyptic and visionary rather than preoccupation with the blood and ruin of the real war.
- Remember, Japan was the most devastated country in World War II, in terms of the atomic ruin of major cities and the destruction of the old order.
- He whispered in her ear, grabbing her hand in his and pulling her away from the devastation and ruin of the once lush and beautiful land Elena knew as home.
- The others followed my lead, and tossed their torches as they rode away from the fire, away from the destruction and ruin.
- Javius looked away from them to the ruin and destruction of nearly a fourth of his army.
- The treasures of the past most at risk of falling into ruin are revealed in a comprehensive register.
- The wreck and ruin of the old forest was put in order, shattered trees made whole, tender grasses covering the tortured land.
- Farmers face financial disaster after freak rain storms thrashed crops into muddy ruin.
- The dozens of sports that set down this weekend left a wake of destruction and ruin.
Synonyms
disintegration, decay, disrepair, dilapidation, falling to pieces, decrepitude, ruination
destruction, devastation, damage, demolition, wreckage
1. 1.1count noun The remains of a building, typically an old one that has suffered much damage or disintegration.
  被损毁之物；倾圮的建筑物；废墟；遗迹；残余
  the ruins of the castle
  城堡的遗迹。
  the church is a ruin now
  这座教堂现已破败不堪。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Alexander the Great was unsuccessful in his aims to capture the hilltop fortress here, the ruins of which remain to be explored.
  People have tried to locate both the ruins of these buildings and the quarries from which the local stone used in their construction was taken.
  You may even want to visit the beautiful Mayan ruin of Tikal in nearby Guatemala at the same time.
  In the moonlight, the ruins of some building stood.
  In Sarajevo we found an overwhelming energy and bustle set against a backdrop of the ruins of dilapidated buildings.
  Below was another photo, this time of the ruins of the building the day after the fire.
  Two further weeks were spent on an exterior set, built into the ruins of a castle outside Prague, where the streets of London were constructed.
  A pub, a few houses, a fish restaurant, and the ruins of a Greyfriars monastery are pretty much all that remains of Dunwich, which was once a major port.
  He continued to fight the approaching enemy, taking cover from behind the ruins of a building that had been ripped apart.
  The ruins of the apartment buildings were quickly bulldozed after the 1999 bombings.
  The city walls include a number of scheduled monuments and listed buildings, including the ruins of St Mary's Abbey and St Olave's Church, which is still in use.
  The ruins of the castle remain atop the hill but provide little protection from the relentless mistral, which constantly whips through its now-exposed cavity.
  Tourists visit Mayan ruins, take jungle safaris, and explore a long barrier reef.
  The ruins of this building are still the cause of much speculation as to their purpose.
  Towards the end of the film Danilov and Vassili are hiding together in the ruins of a building.
  The ruins of ancient Indian buildings strike the imagination.
  An impressive museum, extensive ruins and preserved buildings remain at this National Historic Site.
  In May 1945 it was the Russians who hoisted their flag over the ruins of the Reichstag building in Berlin.
  At Tumacacori, a museum and the ruins of the church vie for attention.
  In the middle of Northstead was a conical mound with the ruins of a stone building, said by some historians to have been the Manor House, by others to have been a magazine.
  Synonyms
  remains, remnants, fragments, relics, remainder, rubble, debris, detritus, wreckage
  wreck
2. 1.2 The disastrous disintegration of someone's life.
  （人生的）毁灭；大灾难
  the ruin and heartbreak wrought by alcohol, divorce, and violence
  由喝酒、离婚和暴力造成的毁灭和悲哀。
  Example sentencesExamples
  The court case has also spelled ruin for Whitehead, who now believes he will lose his job as head of business studies.
  Like so many others afflicted with the condition, he seems constantly to seek a way to drink that will not bring trouble and ruin.
  He doesn't know much, but what he does know could spell ruin for us.
  Mr Fleetwood justifiably said that this was a devastating claim to make against a private individual and one which would spell personal ruin for Mr James.
  Because such non-moderate behavior could lead to death or ruin, such a risk should not be taken lightly.
  Marijuana smoking, experts point out, can make a helpless addict of its victim within weeks, causing physical and moral ruin, and death.
  Even so, I did not leave the young, brown-haired man in complete despair and ruin.
  Synonyms
  bankruptcy, insolvency, penury, poverty, destitution, impoverishment, indigence, beggary, financial failure
3. 1.3 The complete loss of one's money and other assets.
  倾家荡产，破产
  the financial cost could mean ruin
  这财政开支可能意味着破产。
  Example sentencesExamples
  They might not have been as happy, but they didn't face complete ruin.
  She is facing ruin after costs of tens of thousands of pounds were awarded against her.
  It began as an ambitious scheme to establish a Scottish colony in Panama, but ended in loss of life and financial ruin.
  At least 5 per cent of Britain's livestock population has now been destroyed; many farmers face potential ruin.
  He said today that he had only avoided such ruin after being left money following the death of his 103-year-old mother.
  Physical abuse can leave scars; economic abuse, on the other hand, can lead to desperation and eventual ruin.
  If any of these people demonstrate more loyalty to the customer than to the government, they risk bringing their businesses to financial ruin.
  The court was told that he faced financial ruin in relation to the costs of a libel action he had taken out against the Sunday Times.
  In the years ahead, I expect to see some solo bloggers get in trouble - and some get driven to personal ruin when they lose libel lawsuits.
  Unfortunately her formal education came to a stop in 1839 as a result of her father's financial ruin and social disgrace.
  The book contains a vigorous satire on the abuses of the old court of Chancery, the delays and costs of which brought misery and ruin on its suitors.
  But the net effect for the company was still disaster and ruin.
  My heart goes out to the unfortunate farmers who will suffer economic ruin from this unforeseen disaster and I weep for the families whose members have been struck down by this fickle virus.
  Now comes the news that her shifty lawyer father has only 48 hours to raise a lot of money or face financial ruin and imprisonment.
  But a series of personal disasters and financial ruin triggered a mental disorder that was to turn the father of two into a killer.
  A heartbroken North Yorkshire couple told today how they face ruin after losing a legal battle for compensation after their retirement dream turned into a nightmare.
  But other than that, if you get sick, you're in danger of financial ruin.
  Many farmers in these ventures are near financial ruin.
  Two successive bad harvests brought the risk of ruin.
  A grieving widow who has travelled from China for the funeral of her student son told how his hit-and-run death has left her a broken woman facing financial ruin.
  Synonyms
  downfall, collapse, defeat, overthrow, undoing, fall, failure, breakdown, break-up, disintegration, devastation, ruination
  Waterloo
  rare labefaction
  bankruptcy, insolvency, penury, poverty, destitution, impoverishment, indigence, beggary, financial failure
  disaster, catastrophe, calamity
  rare pauperism, pauperdom, mendicity
4. 1.4 Something that causes the disintegration of a person's life or the complete loss of their assets.
  they don't know how to say no, and that's been their ruin
  他们不知道如何说不，这就是他们遭殃的原因。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Ñusta fell in love with this man, but that was her ruin.
  It was his intemperance which made him deaf to the appeals of Haemon, and which led him to disregard till it was too late the warnings of Teiresias; it was his intemperance which was his ruin.
  Synonyms
  scourge, death, plague, ruination, destruction

verb ˈruːɪnˈruɪn

1with object Reduce (a building or place) to a state of decay, collapse, or disintegration.
使（建筑物，地方）破败；使成为废墟
the castle was ruined when dynamite was used to demolish one of the corner towers
Example sentencesExamples
- She must have walked for an hour or two, heading nowhere in particular, when she felt a weird, sudden urge to go to the Shambles, a local ruined building, with no roof.
- All he was trying to do was stop the firework from ruining our house.
- These skirmishes further ruined many fine plantations.
- In one such living quarters one end of the building is ruined and reclaimed by the vigorous growth of the rainforest.
- Here, too, there was a tendency to remodel ruined buildings and convert them into more modest structures, often using perishable materials.
- They are ruining the building and putting themselves at risk.
- He says the soldiers systematically demolished the village and ruined the surrounding land.
- The central hub of Bondville is the harbour overlooked by fishing cottages and guest houses as well as the great ruined fortress of Portland Castle.
- Although partly ruined, largely due to the bombardment by Morozini in 1687, it still fills the visitor with admiration and awe.
- The landslides of September 19 destroyed their farms, killed their livestock, and ruined their land.
- There was nothing left, nothing, no ruined buildings, no burned farmland, no bodies.
- Once it is gone, it is gone forever and our grandchildren will never forgive us, if this open space is ruined - and we will never forgive you or the council if those proposals go through.
- Like the homes of most people from the Davidson Street basin, her house is ruined.
- In summer roosts have been found in caves, lime kilns and ruined buildings especially those with open roofs.
- A landlord and landlady today told of the battle to prevent their pub being ruined by flood water.
- Businesses and houses were ruined as torrential rain caused water levels to rise to record levels.
- In the Poland sequence, giant ruined industrial buildings, looking straight out of the 19th century, loom among the hills.
- Trawling bothers ecologists who aver that it ruins the ocean-floor habitat of many fish species.
- It notes that most people do not have access to safe water, power failures are frequent and the country's landscape still features ruined buildings.
- Pigeons carry 60 very nasty diseases as well as ruining our buildings and dirtying our pavements with their droppings.
Synonyms
destroy, devastate, lay waste, leave in ruins, wreak havoc on, ravage, leave desolate
raze, demolish, blast, wreck, wipe out, flatten, level, crush
archaic waste
derelict, in ruins, gone to rack and ruin, dilapidated, ruinous, tumbledown, ramshackle, broken-down, decrepit, in disrepair, falling to pieces, falling apart, crumbling, decaying, disintegrating
neglected, uncared-for
informal shambly
North American informal shacky
New Zealand informal munted
literary blasted
1. 1.1 Cause great and usually irreparable damage or harm to; have a disastrous effect on.
  毁坏；毁损；使遭到无可挽回的损害；对…有灾难性的影响
  a noisy motorway has ruined village life
  喧嚣的高速公路毁坏了乡村生活。
  Example sentencesExamples
  This is the part of Temple Bar where Dubliners can hang out without ruining their street cred.
  Ineffective strategic management can bankrupt companies and ruin the careers of chief executives.
  If she didn't let him, he'd go to Uncle Luther, and then she'd be done for sure, her big break would be ruined.
  His first anniversary was ruined when thieves broke into his shop and removed goods valued at around £18,000.
  When someone is talking it just ruins the effect.
  Concerned parents in Bradford claim teenagers are ruining a neighbourhood playground for an estate's youngsters.
  And an opposition researcher took a picture, blew it up into a placard and brought it to a rally, which had the effect of instantly ruining the guy's campaign.
  The project has encountered some objections prompted by concerns that the extension and alterations will ruin the listed building's image.
  He orders the young man not to look at him either because as client or director this would ruin the effect he wants to achieve.
  Many were anxious it would harm their health and ruin the charm of their community.
  Of course, he totally ruins the effects by laughing.
  His parents were working on a billion dollar assignment, when John sabotaged everything, and ruined their reputations.
  The people I stopped on the street told me that the superstore would ruin the place.
  He claimed the lighting and netting would ruin residents' views of Canary Wharf, and that nature groups believed owls nesting nearby would disappear.
  Recently, town councillors in Pickering warned that vandals who had been wreaking havoc were ruining the market town for everyone.
  What drives them to subvert science, lie about the sources of the harm done, ruin countless lives?
  I write in response to the story about boy racers ruining the town centre and participating in so-called ‘anti-social’ behaviour.
  And, as is inevitably the case whenever a viewer can identify a special effect as a special effect, it ruins the experience.
  All it does it sit there humming and grinding away and generally ruining the atmosphere.
  I rocked back on my heels and pretended to be offended, though the effect was probably ruined by the badly suppressed grin on my face.
  Synonyms
  wreck, destroy, devastate, wreak havoc on, reduce to nothing, damage, spoil, mar, injure, blast, blight, smash, shatter, dash, torpedo, scotch, make a mess of, mess up
  sabotage, poison
  informal louse up, screw up, foul up, put the kibosh on, banjax, do for, blow a hole in, nix, queer
  British informal scupper, cock up, dish, muller
  Australian informal euchre, cruel
  vulgar slang fuck up
  archaic bring to naught
  destroyed, in ruins, in pieces, in ashes, falling down about one's ears
  over, finished, at an end
  informal in tatters, in shreds, on the rocks, done for, toast
2. 1.2 Reduce to a state of poverty.
  使倾家荡产，使破产
  they were ruined by the highest interest rates this century
  他们被本世纪的最高利率弄得倾家荡产。
  Example sentencesExamples
  We do not want to see our bio-diversity destroyed and our farmers ruined because of corporate bio-terrorism.
  Braddock had all his money tied up in stocks and the crash left him ruined.
  Dreverhaven seemingly hinders him at every turn, undermining his successes out of spite, trying to break his will and ruin him financially.
  He was much in demand for occasional music but died in poverty, ruined by his attempts to find the philosopher's stone.
  Synonyms
  bankrupt, make bankrupt, cause to go bankrupt, make insolvent, impoverish, reduce to penury/destitution, bring to ruin, bring someone to their knees, wipe out, break, cripple
  rare pauperize, beggar
2literary no object Fall headlong or with a crash.
〈诗/文〉头朝下跌落；哗啦一声掉下
carriages go ruining over the brink from time to time
时而有马车哗啦一声掉下陡峭的悬崖。

Phrases

in ruins

In a state of complete disorder or disintegration.
被毁灭的；毁坏了的；垮掉的；成废墟的
the economy was in ruins
经济崩溃了。
Example sentencesExamples
- The 700-year-old Muslim fort was in ruins, but the promise was made that it would be repaired and restored.
- As of early June, the town was still in ruins, and no economy activity had resumed.
- All our hopes and ambitions, our life's work, were in ruins.
- While it was mostly in ruins, a tall tower that looked more like it belonged on a castle than an abbey rose imperiously over the grounds.
- Then she switches into attack mode, and plays destructive head games until the relationship lies in ruins.
- A little girl's Christmas is in ruins after burglars broke into a house and stole her presents.
- A York academic and ‘pillar of the community’ was today starting a prison sentence with his career in ruins.
- Plans to create a £23m showpiece military museum alongside a huge Army base in Yorkshire are in ruins.
- The owner locked the property in Coombe Road at 5pm on Saturday and returned at 9am on Sunday to find the salon in ruins.
- Built in the late 1400s, this Norman tower house was in ruins when Hurley started his labour of love.
Synonyms
derelict, ruined, gone to rack and ruin, in disrepair, falling to pieces, falling apart, dilapidated, tumbledown, ramshackle, broken-down, decrepit, decaying, ruinous
destroyed, ruined, in pieces, in ashes, falling down about one's ears

Origin

Middle English (in the sense 'collapse of a building'): from Old French ruine, from Latin ruina, from ruere 'to fall'.

Rhymes

bruin, shoo-in

Definition of ruin in US English:

ruin

nounˈro͞oinˈruɪn

1The physical destruction or disintegration of something or the state of disintegrating or being destroyed.
毁灭；灭亡；毁坏；崩溃；毁灭（或破败、倾圮）状态
a large white house falling into gentle ruin
开始慢慢破败的一幢白色大房子。
Example sentencesExamples
- All over the world human strife arises from these sources, escalating into violence, bringing death and scattering ruin.
- After the destruction and ruin of the war years, and the climate of nationalism which preceded them, many hoped for a new model of political co-operation in Europe.
- One atom bomb had created as much ruin and misery as hundreds of airplanes had.
- In several European countries, the poultry industry appears to be in imminent danger of ruin.
- It was natural for us to attempt to paint ourselves in a more favorable light while making out the others as the troublemakers and causers of ruin.
- The wreck and ruin of the old forest was put in order, shattered trees made whole, tender grasses covering the tortured land.
- Blessed with cataclysmic vision, we don't admit gentler outcomes, such as mere catastrophe or ruin.
- In Tolkien's world, evil is the antithesis of creativity, and is dependent on destruction and ruin for its basis.
- Remember, Japan was the most devastated country in World War II, in terms of the atomic ruin of major cities and the destruction of the old order.
- The treasures of the past most at risk of falling into ruin are revealed in a comprehensive register.
- Farmers face financial disaster after freak rain storms thrashed crops into muddy ruin.
- The human figure is reduced to anonymity in the seemingly endless vista of ruin and devastation.
- The others followed my lead, and tossed their torches as they rode away from the fire, away from the destruction and ruin.
- Russian poetry tended to the apocalyptic and visionary rather than preoccupation with the blood and ruin of the real war.
- The dozens of sports that set down this weekend left a wake of destruction and ruin.
- In the midst of mass destruction, death and ruin, Lamb is quick to point out the bird singing, the lone flower pushing defiantly through the dirt, the smell of a pine tree.
- Javius looked away from them to the ruin and destruction of nearly a fourth of his army.
- In addition to the physical ruin, there was the collapse of the ideology which had been so prominent.
- Doors and windows are constantly falling out and the place is falling to ruin before their very eyes.
- He whispered in her ear, grabbing her hand in his and pulling her away from the devastation and ruin of the once lush and beautiful land Elena knew as home.
1. 1.1 The remains of a building, typically an old one, that has suffered much damage or disintegration.
  被损毁之物；倾圮的建筑物；废墟；遗迹；残余
  the ruins of the castle
  城堡的遗迹。
  the church is a ruin now
  这座教堂现已破败不堪。
  Example sentencesExamples
  The city walls include a number of scheduled monuments and listed buildings, including the ruins of St Mary's Abbey and St Olave's Church, which is still in use.
  In May 1945 it was the Russians who hoisted their flag over the ruins of the Reichstag building in Berlin.
  A pub, a few houses, a fish restaurant, and the ruins of a Greyfriars monastery are pretty much all that remains of Dunwich, which was once a major port.
  You may even want to visit the beautiful Mayan ruin of Tikal in nearby Guatemala at the same time.
  In the middle of Northstead was a conical mound with the ruins of a stone building, said by some historians to have been the Manor House, by others to have been a magazine.
  Tourists visit Mayan ruins, take jungle safaris, and explore a long barrier reef.
  Two further weeks were spent on an exterior set, built into the ruins of a castle outside Prague, where the streets of London were constructed.
  The ruins of the castle remain atop the hill but provide little protection from the relentless mistral, which constantly whips through its now-exposed cavity.
  At Tumacacori, a museum and the ruins of the church vie for attention.
  Below was another photo, this time of the ruins of the building the day after the fire.
  The ruins of the apartment buildings were quickly bulldozed after the 1999 bombings.
  In Sarajevo we found an overwhelming energy and bustle set against a backdrop of the ruins of dilapidated buildings.
  People have tried to locate both the ruins of these buildings and the quarries from which the local stone used in their construction was taken.
  In the moonlight, the ruins of some building stood.
  Towards the end of the film Danilov and Vassili are hiding together in the ruins of a building.
  The ruins of ancient Indian buildings strike the imagination.
  An impressive museum, extensive ruins and preserved buildings remain at this National Historic Site.
  He continued to fight the approaching enemy, taking cover from behind the ruins of a building that had been ripped apart.
  The ruins of this building are still the cause of much speculation as to their purpose.
  Alexander the Great was unsuccessful in his aims to capture the hilltop fortress here, the ruins of which remain to be explored.
2. 1.2 The disastrous disintegration of someone's life.
  （人生的）毁灭；大灾难
  the ruin and heartbreak wrought by alcohol, divorce, and violence
  由喝酒、离婚和暴力造成的毁灭和悲哀。
  Example sentencesExamples
  The court case has also spelled ruin for Whitehead, who now believes he will lose his job as head of business studies.
  Because such non-moderate behavior could lead to death or ruin, such a risk should not be taken lightly.
  Marijuana smoking, experts point out, can make a helpless addict of its victim within weeks, causing physical and moral ruin, and death.
  He doesn't know much, but what he does know could spell ruin for us.
  Like so many others afflicted with the condition, he seems constantly to seek a way to drink that will not bring trouble and ruin.
  Mr Fleetwood justifiably said that this was a devastating claim to make against a private individual and one which would spell personal ruin for Mr James.
  Even so, I did not leave the young, brown-haired man in complete despair and ruin.
3. 1.3 The cause of the disintegration of a person's life or loss of their assets.
  they don't know how to say no, and that's been their ruin
  他们不知道如何说不，这就是他们遭殃的原因。
  Example sentencesExamples
  It was his intemperance which made him deaf to the appeals of Haemon, and which led him to disregard till it was too late the warnings of Teiresias; it was his intemperance which was his ruin.
  Ñusta fell in love with this man, but that was her ruin.
4. 1.4 The complete loss of one's money and other assets.
  倾家荡产，破产
  the financial cost could mean ruin
  这财政开支可能意味着破产。
  Example sentencesExamples
  But other than that, if you get sick, you're in danger of financial ruin.
  In the years ahead, I expect to see some solo bloggers get in trouble - and some get driven to personal ruin when they lose libel lawsuits.
  If any of these people demonstrate more loyalty to the customer than to the government, they risk bringing their businesses to financial ruin.
  A heartbroken North Yorkshire couple told today how they face ruin after losing a legal battle for compensation after their retirement dream turned into a nightmare.
  But the net effect for the company was still disaster and ruin.
  A grieving widow who has travelled from China for the funeral of her student son told how his hit-and-run death has left her a broken woman facing financial ruin.
  Now comes the news that her shifty lawyer father has only 48 hours to raise a lot of money or face financial ruin and imprisonment.
  He said today that he had only avoided such ruin after being left money following the death of his 103-year-old mother.
  The court was told that he faced financial ruin in relation to the costs of a libel action he had taken out against the Sunday Times.
  She is facing ruin after costs of tens of thousands of pounds were awarded against her.
  But a series of personal disasters and financial ruin triggered a mental disorder that was to turn the father of two into a killer.
  At least 5 per cent of Britain's livestock population has now been destroyed; many farmers face potential ruin.
  Two successive bad harvests brought the risk of ruin.
  Unfortunately her formal education came to a stop in 1839 as a result of her father's financial ruin and social disgrace.
  The book contains a vigorous satire on the abuses of the old court of Chancery, the delays and costs of which brought misery and ruin on its suitors.
  My heart goes out to the unfortunate farmers who will suffer economic ruin from this unforeseen disaster and I weep for the families whose members have been struck down by this fickle virus.
  Many farmers in these ventures are near financial ruin.
  Physical abuse can leave scars; economic abuse, on the other hand, can lead to desperation and eventual ruin.
  It began as an ambitious scheme to establish a Scottish colony in Panama, but ended in loss of life and financial ruin.
  They might not have been as happy, but they didn't face complete ruin.

verbˈro͞oinˈruɪn

1with object Reduce (a building or place) to a state of decay, collapse, or disintegration.
使（建筑物，地方）破败；使成为废墟
the castle was ruined when dynamite was used to demolish one of the corner towers
Example sentencesExamples
- The landslides of September 19 destroyed their farms, killed their livestock, and ruined their land.
- These skirmishes further ruined many fine plantations.
- There was nothing left, nothing, no ruined buildings, no burned farmland, no bodies.
- They are ruining the building and putting themselves at risk.
- Businesses and houses were ruined as torrential rain caused water levels to rise to record levels.
- In one such living quarters one end of the building is ruined and reclaimed by the vigorous growth of the rainforest.
- He says the soldiers systematically demolished the village and ruined the surrounding land.
- In summer roosts have been found in caves, lime kilns and ruined buildings especially those with open roofs.
- Although partly ruined, largely due to the bombardment by Morozini in 1687, it still fills the visitor with admiration and awe.
- All he was trying to do was stop the firework from ruining our house.
- A landlord and landlady today told of the battle to prevent their pub being ruined by flood water.
- Here, too, there was a tendency to remodel ruined buildings and convert them into more modest structures, often using perishable materials.
- Once it is gone, it is gone forever and our grandchildren will never forgive us, if this open space is ruined - and we will never forgive you or the council if those proposals go through.
- Pigeons carry 60 very nasty diseases as well as ruining our buildings and dirtying our pavements with their droppings.
- She must have walked for an hour or two, heading nowhere in particular, when she felt a weird, sudden urge to go to the Shambles, a local ruined building, with no roof.
- In the Poland sequence, giant ruined industrial buildings, looking straight out of the 19th century, loom among the hills.
- The central hub of Bondville is the harbour overlooked by fishing cottages and guest houses as well as the great ruined fortress of Portland Castle.
- Like the homes of most people from the Davidson Street basin, her house is ruined.
- It notes that most people do not have access to safe water, power failures are frequent and the country's landscape still features ruined buildings.
- Trawling bothers ecologists who aver that it ruins the ocean-floor habitat of many fish species.
Synonyms
derelict, in ruins, gone to rack and ruin, dilapidated, ruinous, tumbledown, ramshackle, broken-down, decrepit, in disrepair, falling to pieces, falling apart, crumbling, decaying, disintegrating
destroy, devastate, lay waste, leave in ruins, wreak havoc on, ravage, leave desolate
1. 1.1 Cause great and usually irreparable damage or harm to; have a disastrous effect on.
  毁坏；毁损；使遭到无可挽回的损害；对…有灾难性的影响
  a noisy freeway has ruined village life
  喧嚣的高速公路毁坏了乡村生活。
  Example sentencesExamples
  When someone is talking it just ruins the effect.
  Concerned parents in Bradford claim teenagers are ruining a neighbourhood playground for an estate's youngsters.
  If she didn't let him, he'd go to Uncle Luther, and then she'd be done for sure, her big break would be ruined.
  Recently, town councillors in Pickering warned that vandals who had been wreaking havoc were ruining the market town for everyone.
  And, as is inevitably the case whenever a viewer can identify a special effect as a special effect, it ruins the experience.
  All it does it sit there humming and grinding away and generally ruining the atmosphere.
  He claimed the lighting and netting would ruin residents' views of Canary Wharf, and that nature groups believed owls nesting nearby would disappear.
  What drives them to subvert science, lie about the sources of the harm done, ruin countless lives?
  Ineffective strategic management can bankrupt companies and ruin the careers of chief executives.
  Of course, he totally ruins the effects by laughing.
  And an opposition researcher took a picture, blew it up into a placard and brought it to a rally, which had the effect of instantly ruining the guy's campaign.
  The people I stopped on the street told me that the superstore would ruin the place.
  This is the part of Temple Bar where Dubliners can hang out without ruining their street cred.
  His parents were working on a billion dollar assignment, when John sabotaged everything, and ruined their reputations.
  Many were anxious it would harm their health and ruin the charm of their community.
  He orders the young man not to look at him either because as client or director this would ruin the effect he wants to achieve.
  His first anniversary was ruined when thieves broke into his shop and removed goods valued at around £18,000.
  I rocked back on my heels and pretended to be offended, though the effect was probably ruined by the badly suppressed grin on my face.
  The project has encountered some objections prompted by concerns that the extension and alterations will ruin the listed building's image.
  I write in response to the story about boy racers ruining the town centre and participating in so-called ‘anti-social’ behaviour.
  Synonyms
  destroyed, in ruins, in pieces, in ashes, falling down about one's ears
  wreck, destroy, devastate, wreak havoc on, reduce to nothing, damage, spoil, mar, injure, blast, blight, smash, shatter, dash, torpedo, scotch, make a mess of, mess up
2. 1.2 Reduce to a state of poverty.
  使倾家荡产，使破产
  they were ruined by the highest interest rates this century
  他们被本世纪的最高利率弄得倾家荡产。
  Example sentencesExamples
  We do not want to see our bio-diversity destroyed and our farmers ruined because of corporate bio-terrorism.
  He was much in demand for occasional music but died in poverty, ruined by his attempts to find the philosopher's stone.
  Braddock had all his money tied up in stocks and the crash left him ruined.
  Dreverhaven seemingly hinders him at every turn, undermining his successes out of spite, trying to break his will and ruin him financially.
  Synonyms
  bankrupt, make bankrupt, cause to go bankrupt, make insolvent, impoverish, reduce to destitution, reduce to penury, bring to ruin, bring someone to their knees, wipe out, break, cripple
2literary no object Fall headlong or with a crash.
〈诗/文〉头朝下跌落；哗啦一声掉下
carriages go ruining over the brink from time to time
时而有马车哗啦一声掉下陡峭的悬崖。

Phrases

in ruins

In a state of complete disorder or disintegration.
被毁灭的；毁坏了的；垮掉的；成废墟的
the economy was in ruins
经济崩溃了。
Example sentencesExamples
- A York academic and ‘pillar of the community’ was today starting a prison sentence with his career in ruins.
- Plans to create a £23m showpiece military museum alongside a huge Army base in Yorkshire are in ruins.
- As of early June, the town was still in ruins, and no economy activity had resumed.
- All our hopes and ambitions, our life's work, were in ruins.
- The owner locked the property in Coombe Road at 5pm on Saturday and returned at 9am on Sunday to find the salon in ruins.
- The 700-year-old Muslim fort was in ruins, but the promise was made that it would be repaired and restored.
- Built in the late 1400s, this Norman tower house was in ruins when Hurley started his labour of love.
- Then she switches into attack mode, and plays destructive head games until the relationship lies in ruins.
- A little girl's Christmas is in ruins after burglars broke into a house and stole her presents.
- While it was mostly in ruins, a tall tower that looked more like it belonged on a castle than an abbey rose imperiously over the grounds.
Synonyms
derelict, ruined, gone to rack and ruin, in disrepair, falling to pieces, falling apart, dilapidated, tumbledown, ramshackle, broken-down, decrepit, decaying, ruinous
destroyed, ruined, in pieces, in ashes, falling down about one's ears

Origin

Middle English (in the sense ‘collapse of a building’): from Old French ruine, from Latin ruina, from ruere ‘to fall’.

词汇	ruin
释义	Definition of ruin in English: ruin noun ˈruːɪnˈruɪn mass noun 1The physical destruction or disintegration of something or the state of disintegrating or being destroyed. 毁灭；灭亡；毁坏；崩溃；毁灭（或破败、倾圮）状态 a large white house falling into gentle ruin 开始慢慢破败的一幢白色大房子。 Example sentencesExamples Blessed with cataclysmic vision, we don't admit gentler outcomes, such as mere catastrophe or ruin. After the destruction and ruin of the war years, and the climate of nationalism which preceded them, many hoped for a new model of political co-operation in Europe. In Tolkien's world, evil is the antithesis of creativity, and is dependent on destruction and ruin for its basis. In several European countries, the poultry industry appears to be in imminent danger of ruin. In the midst of mass destruction, death and ruin, Lamb is quick to point out the bird singing, the lone flower pushing defiantly through the dirt, the smell of a pine tree. It was natural for us to attempt to paint ourselves in a more favorable light while making out the others as the troublemakers and causers of ruin. All over the world human strife arises from these sources, escalating into violence, bringing death and scattering ruin. Doors and windows are constantly falling out and the place is falling to ruin before their very eyes. The human figure is reduced to anonymity in the seemingly endless vista of ruin and devastation. In addition to the physical ruin, there was the collapse of the ideology which had been so prominent. One atom bomb had created as much ruin and misery as hundreds of airplanes had. Russian poetry tended to the apocalyptic and visionary rather than preoccupation with the blood and ruin of the real war. Remember, Japan was the most devastated country in World War II, in terms of the atomic ruin of major cities and the destruction of the old order. He whispered in her ear, grabbing her hand in his and pulling her away from the devastation and ruin of the once lush and beautiful land Elena knew as home. The others followed my lead, and tossed their torches as they rode away from the fire, away from the destruction and ruin. Javius looked away from them to the ruin and destruction of nearly a fourth of his army. The treasures of the past most at risk of falling into ruin are revealed in a comprehensive register. The wreck and ruin of the old forest was put in order, shattered trees made whole, tender grasses covering the tortured land. Farmers face financial disaster after freak rain storms thrashed crops into muddy ruin. The dozens of sports that set down this weekend left a wake of destruction and ruin. Synonyms disintegration, decay, disrepair, dilapidation, falling to pieces, decrepitude, ruination destruction, devastation, damage, demolition, wreckage 1.1count noun The remains of a building, typically an old one that has suffered much damage or disintegration. 被损毁之物；倾圮的建筑物；废墟；遗迹；残余 the ruins of the castle 城堡的遗迹。 the church is a ruin now 这座教堂现已破败不堪。 Example sentencesExamples Alexander the Great was unsuccessful in his aims to capture the hilltop fortress here, the ruins of which remain to be explored. People have tried to locate both the ruins of these buildings and the quarries from which the local stone used in their construction was taken. You may even want to visit the beautiful Mayan ruin of Tikal in nearby Guatemala at the same time. In the moonlight, the ruins of some building stood. In Sarajevo we found an overwhelming energy and bustle set against a backdrop of the ruins of dilapidated buildings. Below was another photo, this time of the ruins of the building the day after the fire. Two further weeks were spent on an exterior set, built into the ruins of a castle outside Prague, where the streets of London were constructed. A pub, a few houses, a fish restaurant, and the ruins of a Greyfriars monastery are pretty much all that remains of Dunwich, which was once a major port. He continued to fight the approaching enemy, taking cover from behind the ruins of a building that had been ripped apart. The ruins of the apartment buildings were quickly bulldozed after the 1999 bombings. The city walls include a number of scheduled monuments and listed buildings, including the ruins of St Mary's Abbey and St Olave's Church, which is still in use. The ruins of the castle remain atop the hill but provide little protection from the relentless mistral, which constantly whips through its now-exposed cavity. Tourists visit Mayan ruins, take jungle safaris, and explore a long barrier reef. The ruins of this building are still the cause of much speculation as to their purpose. Towards the end of the film Danilov and Vassili are hiding together in the ruins of a building. The ruins of ancient Indian buildings strike the imagination. An impressive museum, extensive ruins and preserved buildings remain at this National Historic Site. In May 1945 it was the Russians who hoisted their flag over the ruins of the Reichstag building in Berlin. At Tumacacori, a museum and the ruins of the church vie for attention. In the middle of Northstead was a conical mound with the ruins of a stone building, said by some historians to have been the Manor House, by others to have been a magazine. Synonyms remains, remnants, fragments, relics, remainder, rubble, debris, detritus, wreckage wreck 1.2 The disastrous disintegration of someone's life. （人生的）毁灭；大灾难 the ruin and heartbreak wrought by alcohol, divorce, and violence 由喝酒、离婚和暴力造成的毁灭和悲哀。 Example sentencesExamples The court case has also spelled ruin for Whitehead, who now believes he will lose his job as head of business studies. Like so many others afflicted with the condition, he seems constantly to seek a way to drink that will not bring trouble and ruin. He doesn't know much, but what he does know could spell ruin for us. Mr Fleetwood justifiably said that this was a devastating claim to make against a private individual and one which would spell personal ruin for Mr James. Because such non-moderate behavior could lead to death or ruin, such a risk should not be taken lightly. Marijuana smoking, experts point out, can make a helpless addict of its victim within weeks, causing physical and moral ruin, and death. Even so, I did not leave the young, brown-haired man in complete despair and ruin. Synonyms bankruptcy, insolvency, penury, poverty, destitution, impoverishment, indigence, beggary, financial failure 1.3 The complete loss of one's money and other assets. 倾家荡产，破产 the financial cost could mean ruin 这财政开支可能意味着破产。 Example sentencesExamples They might not have been as happy, but they didn't face complete ruin. She is facing ruin after costs of tens of thousands of pounds were awarded against her. It began as an ambitious scheme to establish a Scottish colony in Panama, but ended in loss of life and financial ruin. At least 5 per cent of Britain's livestock population has now been destroyed; many farmers face potential ruin. He said today that he had only avoided such ruin after being left money following the death of his 103-year-old mother. Physical abuse can leave scars; economic abuse, on the other hand, can lead to desperation and eventual ruin. If any of these people demonstrate more loyalty to the customer than to the government, they risk bringing their businesses to financial ruin. The court was told that he faced financial ruin in relation to the costs of a libel action he had taken out against the Sunday Times. In the years ahead, I expect to see some solo bloggers get in trouble - and some get driven to personal ruin when they lose libel lawsuits. Unfortunately her formal education came to a stop in 1839 as a result of her father's financial ruin and social disgrace. The book contains a vigorous satire on the abuses of the old court of Chancery, the delays and costs of which brought misery and ruin on its suitors. But the net effect for the company was still disaster and ruin. My heart goes out to the unfortunate farmers who will suffer economic ruin from this unforeseen disaster and I weep for the families whose members have been struck down by this fickle virus. Now comes the news that her shifty lawyer father has only 48 hours to raise a lot of money or face financial ruin and imprisonment. But a series of personal disasters and financial ruin triggered a mental disorder that was to turn the father of two into a killer. A heartbroken North Yorkshire couple told today how they face ruin after losing a legal battle for compensation after their retirement dream turned into a nightmare. But other than that, if you get sick, you're in danger of financial ruin. Many farmers in these ventures are near financial ruin. Two successive bad harvests brought the risk of ruin. A grieving widow who has travelled from China for the funeral of her student son told how his hit-and-run death has left her a broken woman facing financial ruin. Synonyms downfall, collapse, defeat, overthrow, undoing, fall, failure, breakdown, break-up, disintegration, devastation, ruination Waterloo rare labefaction bankruptcy, insolvency, penury, poverty, destitution, impoverishment, indigence, beggary, financial failure disaster, catastrophe, calamity rare pauperism, pauperdom, mendicity 1.4 Something that causes the disintegration of a person's life or the complete loss of their assets. they don't know how to say no, and that's been their ruin 他们不知道如何说不，这就是他们遭殃的原因。 Example sentencesExamples Ñusta fell in love with this man, but that was her ruin. It was his intemperance which made him deaf to the appeals of Haemon, and which led him to disregard till it was too late the warnings of Teiresias; it was his intemperance which was his ruin. Synonyms scourge, death, plague, ruination, destruction verb ˈruːɪnˈruɪn 1with object Reduce (a building or place) to a state of decay, collapse, or disintegration. 使（建筑物，地方）破败；使成为废墟 the castle was ruined when dynamite was used to demolish one of the corner towers Example sentencesExamples She must have walked for an hour or two, heading nowhere in particular, when she felt a weird, sudden urge to go to the Shambles, a local ruined building, with no roof. All he was trying to do was stop the firework from ruining our house. These skirmishes further ruined many fine plantations. In one such living quarters one end of the building is ruined and reclaimed by the vigorous growth of the rainforest. Here, too, there was a tendency to remodel ruined buildings and convert them into more modest structures, often using perishable materials. They are ruining the building and putting themselves at risk. He says the soldiers systematically demolished the village and ruined the surrounding land. The central hub of Bondville is the harbour overlooked by fishing cottages and guest houses as well as the great ruined fortress of Portland Castle. Although partly ruined, largely due to the bombardment by Morozini in 1687, it still fills the visitor with admiration and awe. The landslides of September 19 destroyed their farms, killed their livestock, and ruined their land. There was nothing left, nothing, no ruined buildings, no burned farmland, no bodies. Once it is gone, it is gone forever and our grandchildren will never forgive us, if this open space is ruined - and we will never forgive you or the council if those proposals go through. Like the homes of most people from the Davidson Street basin, her house is ruined. In summer roosts have been found in caves, lime kilns and ruined buildings especially those with open roofs. A landlord and landlady today told of the battle to prevent their pub being ruined by flood water. Businesses and houses were ruined as torrential rain caused water levels to rise to record levels. In the Poland sequence, giant ruined industrial buildings, looking straight out of the 19th century, loom among the hills. Trawling bothers ecologists who aver that it ruins the ocean-floor habitat of many fish species. It notes that most people do not have access to safe water, power failures are frequent and the country's landscape still features ruined buildings. Pigeons carry 60 very nasty diseases as well as ruining our buildings and dirtying our pavements with their droppings. Synonyms destroy, devastate, lay waste, leave in ruins, wreak havoc on, ravage, leave desolate raze, demolish, blast, wreck, wipe out, flatten, level, crush archaic waste derelict, in ruins, gone to rack and ruin, dilapidated, ruinous, tumbledown, ramshackle, broken-down, decrepit, in disrepair, falling to pieces, falling apart, crumbling, decaying, disintegrating neglected, uncared-for informal shambly North American informal shacky New Zealand informal munted literary blasted 1.1 Cause great and usually irreparable damage or harm to; have a disastrous effect on. 毁坏；毁损；使遭到无可挽回的损害；对…有灾难性的影响 a noisy motorway has ruined village life 喧嚣的高速公路毁坏了乡村生活。 Example sentencesExamples This is the part of Temple Bar where Dubliners can hang out without ruining their street cred. Ineffective strategic management can bankrupt companies and ruin the careers of chief executives. If she didn't let him, he'd go to Uncle Luther, and then she'd be done for sure, her big break would be ruined. His first anniversary was ruined when thieves broke into his shop and removed goods valued at around £18,000. When someone is talking it just ruins the effect. Concerned parents in Bradford claim teenagers are ruining a neighbourhood playground for an estate's youngsters. And an opposition researcher took a picture, blew it up into a placard and brought it to a rally, which had the effect of instantly ruining the guy's campaign. The project has encountered some objections prompted by concerns that the extension and alterations will ruin the listed building's image. He orders the young man not to look at him either because as client or director this would ruin the effect he wants to achieve. Many were anxious it would harm their health and ruin the charm of their community. Of course, he totally ruins the effects by laughing. His parents were working on a billion dollar assignment, when John sabotaged everything, and ruined their reputations. The people I stopped on the street told me that the superstore would ruin the place. He claimed the lighting and netting would ruin residents' views of Canary Wharf, and that nature groups believed owls nesting nearby would disappear. Recently, town councillors in Pickering warned that vandals who had been wreaking havoc were ruining the market town for everyone. What drives them to subvert science, lie about the sources of the harm done, ruin countless lives? I write in response to the story about boy racers ruining the town centre and participating in so-called ‘anti-social’ behaviour. And, as is inevitably the case whenever a viewer can identify a special effect as a special effect, it ruins the experience. All it does it sit there humming and grinding away and generally ruining the atmosphere. I rocked back on my heels and pretended to be offended, though the effect was probably ruined by the badly suppressed grin on my face. Synonyms wreck, destroy, devastate, wreak havoc on, reduce to nothing, damage, spoil, mar, injure, blast, blight, smash, shatter, dash, torpedo, scotch, make a mess of, mess up sabotage, poison informal louse up, screw up, foul up, put the kibosh on, banjax, do for, blow a hole in, nix, queer British informal scupper, cock up, dish, muller Australian informal euchre, cruel vulgar slang fuck up archaic bring to naught destroyed, in ruins, in pieces, in ashes, falling down about one's ears over, finished, at an end informal in tatters, in shreds, on the rocks, done for, toast 1.2 Reduce to a state of poverty. 使倾家荡产，使破产 they were ruined by the highest interest rates this century 他们被本世纪的最高利率弄得倾家荡产。 Example sentencesExamples We do not want to see our bio-diversity destroyed and our farmers ruined because of corporate bio-terrorism. Braddock had all his money tied up in stocks and the crash left him ruined. Dreverhaven seemingly hinders him at every turn, undermining his successes out of spite, trying to break his will and ruin him financially. He was much in demand for occasional music but died in poverty, ruined by his attempts to find the philosopher's stone. Synonyms bankrupt, make bankrupt, cause to go bankrupt, make insolvent, impoverish, reduce to penury/destitution, bring to ruin, bring someone to their knees, wipe out, break, cripple rare pauperize, beggar 2literary no object Fall headlong or with a crash. 〈诗/文〉头朝下跌落；哗啦一声掉下 carriages go ruining over the brink from time to time 时而有马车哗啦一声掉下陡峭的悬崖。 Phrases in ruins In a state of complete disorder or disintegration. 被毁灭的；毁坏了的；垮掉的；成废墟的 the economy was in ruins 经济崩溃了。 Example sentencesExamples The 700-year-old Muslim fort was in ruins, but the promise was made that it would be repaired and restored. As of early June, the town was still in ruins, and no economy activity had resumed. All our hopes and ambitions, our life's work, were in ruins. While it was mostly in ruins, a tall tower that looked more like it belonged on a castle than an abbey rose imperiously over the grounds. Then she switches into attack mode, and plays destructive head games until the relationship lies in ruins. A little girl's Christmas is in ruins after burglars broke into a house and stole her presents. A York academic and ‘pillar of the community’ was today starting a prison sentence with his career in ruins. Plans to create a £23m showpiece military museum alongside a huge Army base in Yorkshire are in ruins. The owner locked the property in Coombe Road at 5pm on Saturday and returned at 9am on Sunday to find the salon in ruins. Built in the late 1400s, this Norman tower house was in ruins when Hurley started his labour of love. Synonyms derelict, ruined, gone to rack and ruin, in disrepair, falling to pieces, falling apart, dilapidated, tumbledown, ramshackle, broken-down, decrepit, decaying, ruinous destroyed, ruined, in pieces, in ashes, falling down about one's ears Origin Middle English (in the sense 'collapse of a building'): from Old French ruine, from Latin ruina, from ruere 'to fall'. Rhymes bruin, shoo-in noun.1 phr. Definition of ruin in US English: ruin nounˈro͞oinˈruɪn 1The physical destruction or disintegration of something or the state of disintegrating or being destroyed. 毁灭；灭亡；毁坏；崩溃；毁灭（或破败、倾圮）状态 a large white house falling into gentle ruin 开始慢慢破败的一幢白色大房子。 Example sentencesExamples All over the world human strife arises from these sources, escalating into violence, bringing death and scattering ruin. After the destruction and ruin of the war years, and the climate of nationalism which preceded them, many hoped for a new model of political co-operation in Europe. One atom bomb had created as much ruin and misery as hundreds of airplanes had. In several European countries, the poultry industry appears to be in imminent danger of ruin. It was natural for us to attempt to paint ourselves in a more favorable light while making out the others as the troublemakers and causers of ruin. The wreck and ruin of the old forest was put in order, shattered trees made whole, tender grasses covering the tortured land. Blessed with cataclysmic vision, we don't admit gentler outcomes, such as mere catastrophe or ruin. In Tolkien's world, evil is the antithesis of creativity, and is dependent on destruction and ruin for its basis. Remember, Japan was the most devastated country in World War II, in terms of the atomic ruin of major cities and the destruction of the old order. The treasures of the past most at risk of falling into ruin are revealed in a comprehensive register. Farmers face financial disaster after freak rain storms thrashed crops into muddy ruin. The human figure is reduced to anonymity in the seemingly endless vista of ruin and devastation. The others followed my lead, and tossed their torches as they rode away from the fire, away from the destruction and ruin. Russian poetry tended to the apocalyptic and visionary rather than preoccupation with the blood and ruin of the real war. The dozens of sports that set down this weekend left a wake of destruction and ruin. In the midst of mass destruction, death and ruin, Lamb is quick to point out the bird singing, the lone flower pushing defiantly through the dirt, the smell of a pine tree. Javius looked away from them to the ruin and destruction of nearly a fourth of his army. In addition to the physical ruin, there was the collapse of the ideology which had been so prominent. Doors and windows are constantly falling out and the place is falling to ruin before their very eyes. He whispered in her ear, grabbing her hand in his and pulling her away from the devastation and ruin of the once lush and beautiful land Elena knew as home. 1.1 The remains of a building, typically an old one, that has suffered much damage or disintegration. 被损毁之物；倾圮的建筑物；废墟；遗迹；残余 the ruins of the castle 城堡的遗迹。 the church is a ruin now 这座教堂现已破败不堪。 Example sentencesExamples The city walls include a number of scheduled monuments and listed buildings, including the ruins of St Mary's Abbey and St Olave's Church, which is still in use. In May 1945 it was the Russians who hoisted their flag over the ruins of the Reichstag building in Berlin. A pub, a few houses, a fish restaurant, and the ruins of a Greyfriars monastery are pretty much all that remains of Dunwich, which was once a major port. You may even want to visit the beautiful Mayan ruin of Tikal in nearby Guatemala at the same time. In the middle of Northstead was a conical mound with the ruins of a stone building, said by some historians to have been the Manor House, by others to have been a magazine. Tourists visit Mayan ruins, take jungle safaris, and explore a long barrier reef. Two further weeks were spent on an exterior set, built into the ruins of a castle outside Prague, where the streets of London were constructed. The ruins of the castle remain atop the hill but provide little protection from the relentless mistral, which constantly whips through its now-exposed cavity. At Tumacacori, a museum and the ruins of the church vie for attention. Below was another photo, this time of the ruins of the building the day after the fire. The ruins of the apartment buildings were quickly bulldozed after the 1999 bombings. In Sarajevo we found an overwhelming energy and bustle set against a backdrop of the ruins of dilapidated buildings. People have tried to locate both the ruins of these buildings and the quarries from which the local stone used in their construction was taken. In the moonlight, the ruins of some building stood. Towards the end of the film Danilov and Vassili are hiding together in the ruins of a building. The ruins of ancient Indian buildings strike the imagination. An impressive museum, extensive ruins and preserved buildings remain at this National Historic Site. He continued to fight the approaching enemy, taking cover from behind the ruins of a building that had been ripped apart. The ruins of this building are still the cause of much speculation as to their purpose. Alexander the Great was unsuccessful in his aims to capture the hilltop fortress here, the ruins of which remain to be explored. 1.2 The disastrous disintegration of someone's life. （人生的）毁灭；大灾难 the ruin and heartbreak wrought by alcohol, divorce, and violence 由喝酒、离婚和暴力造成的毁灭和悲哀。 Example sentencesExamples The court case has also spelled ruin for Whitehead, who now believes he will lose his job as head of business studies. Because such non-moderate behavior could lead to death or ruin, such a risk should not be taken lightly. Marijuana smoking, experts point out, can make a helpless addict of its victim within weeks, causing physical and moral ruin, and death. He doesn't know much, but what he does know could spell ruin for us. Like so many others afflicted with the condition, he seems constantly to seek a way to drink that will not bring trouble and ruin. Mr Fleetwood justifiably said that this was a devastating claim to make against a private individual and one which would spell personal ruin for Mr James. Even so, I did not leave the young, brown-haired man in complete despair and ruin. 1.3 The cause of the disintegration of a person's life or loss of their assets. they don't know how to say no, and that's been their ruin 他们不知道如何说不，这就是他们遭殃的原因。 Example sentencesExamples It was his intemperance which made him deaf to the appeals of Haemon, and which led him to disregard till it was too late the warnings of Teiresias; it was his intemperance which was his ruin. Ñusta fell in love with this man, but that was her ruin. 1.4 The complete loss of one's money and other assets. 倾家荡产，破产 the financial cost could mean ruin 这财政开支可能意味着破产。 Example sentencesExamples But other than that, if you get sick, you're in danger of financial ruin. In the years ahead, I expect to see some solo bloggers get in trouble - and some get driven to personal ruin when they lose libel lawsuits. If any of these people demonstrate more loyalty to the customer than to the government, they risk bringing their businesses to financial ruin. A heartbroken North Yorkshire couple told today how they face ruin after losing a legal battle for compensation after their retirement dream turned into a nightmare. But the net effect for the company was still disaster and ruin. A grieving widow who has travelled from China for the funeral of her student son told how his hit-and-run death has left her a broken woman facing financial ruin. Now comes the news that her shifty lawyer father has only 48 hours to raise a lot of money or face financial ruin and imprisonment. He said today that he had only avoided such ruin after being left money following the death of his 103-year-old mother. The court was told that he faced financial ruin in relation to the costs of a libel action he had taken out against the Sunday Times. She is facing ruin after costs of tens of thousands of pounds were awarded against her. But a series of personal disasters and financial ruin triggered a mental disorder that was to turn the father of two into a killer. At least 5 per cent of Britain's livestock population has now been destroyed; many farmers face potential ruin. Two successive bad harvests brought the risk of ruin. Unfortunately her formal education came to a stop in 1839 as a result of her father's financial ruin and social disgrace. The book contains a vigorous satire on the abuses of the old court of Chancery, the delays and costs of which brought misery and ruin on its suitors. My heart goes out to the unfortunate farmers who will suffer economic ruin from this unforeseen disaster and I weep for the families whose members have been struck down by this fickle virus. Many farmers in these ventures are near financial ruin. Physical abuse can leave scars; economic abuse, on the other hand, can lead to desperation and eventual ruin. It began as an ambitious scheme to establish a Scottish colony in Panama, but ended in loss of life and financial ruin. They might not have been as happy, but they didn't face complete ruin. verbˈro͞oinˈruɪn 1with object Reduce (a building or place) to a state of decay, collapse, or disintegration. 使（建筑物，地方）破败；使成为废墟 the castle was ruined when dynamite was used to demolish one of the corner towers Example sentencesExamples The landslides of September 19 destroyed their farms, killed their livestock, and ruined their land. These skirmishes further ruined many fine plantations. There was nothing left, nothing, no ruined buildings, no burned farmland, no bodies. They are ruining the building and putting themselves at risk. Businesses and houses were ruined as torrential rain caused water levels to rise to record levels. In one such living quarters one end of the building is ruined and reclaimed by the vigorous growth of the rainforest. He says the soldiers systematically demolished the village and ruined the surrounding land. In summer roosts have been found in caves, lime kilns and ruined buildings especially those with open roofs. Although partly ruined, largely due to the bombardment by Morozini in 1687, it still fills the visitor with admiration and awe. All he was trying to do was stop the firework from ruining our house. A landlord and landlady today told of the battle to prevent their pub being ruined by flood water. Here, too, there was a tendency to remodel ruined buildings and convert them into more modest structures, often using perishable materials. Once it is gone, it is gone forever and our grandchildren will never forgive us, if this open space is ruined - and we will never forgive you or the council if those proposals go through. Pigeons carry 60 very nasty diseases as well as ruining our buildings and dirtying our pavements with their droppings. She must have walked for an hour or two, heading nowhere in particular, when she felt a weird, sudden urge to go to the Shambles, a local ruined building, with no roof. In the Poland sequence, giant ruined industrial buildings, looking straight out of the 19th century, loom among the hills. The central hub of Bondville is the harbour overlooked by fishing cottages and guest houses as well as the great ruined fortress of Portland Castle. Like the homes of most people from the Davidson Street basin, her house is ruined. It notes that most people do not have access to safe water, power failures are frequent and the country's landscape still features ruined buildings. Trawling bothers ecologists who aver that it ruins the ocean-floor habitat of many fish species. Synonyms derelict, in ruins, gone to rack and ruin, dilapidated, ruinous, tumbledown, ramshackle, broken-down, decrepit, in disrepair, falling to pieces, falling apart, crumbling, decaying, disintegrating destroy, devastate, lay waste, leave in ruins, wreak havoc on, ravage, leave desolate 1.1 Cause great and usually irreparable damage or harm to; have a disastrous effect on. 毁坏；毁损；使遭到无可挽回的损害；对…有灾难性的影响 a noisy freeway has ruined village life 喧嚣的高速公路毁坏了乡村生活。 Example sentencesExamples When someone is talking it just ruins the effect. Concerned parents in Bradford claim teenagers are ruining a neighbourhood playground for an estate's youngsters. If she didn't let him, he'd go to Uncle Luther, and then she'd be done for sure, her big break would be ruined. Recently, town councillors in Pickering warned that vandals who had been wreaking havoc were ruining the market town for everyone. And, as is inevitably the case whenever a viewer can identify a special effect as a special effect, it ruins the experience. All it does it sit there humming and grinding away and generally ruining the atmosphere. He claimed the lighting and netting would ruin residents' views of Canary Wharf, and that nature groups believed owls nesting nearby would disappear. What drives them to subvert science, lie about the sources of the harm done, ruin countless lives? Ineffective strategic management can bankrupt companies and ruin the careers of chief executives. Of course, he totally ruins the effects by laughing. And an opposition researcher took a picture, blew it up into a placard and brought it to a rally, which had the effect of instantly ruining the guy's campaign. The people I stopped on the street told me that the superstore would ruin the place. This is the part of Temple Bar where Dubliners can hang out without ruining their street cred. His parents were working on a billion dollar assignment, when John sabotaged everything, and ruined their reputations. Many were anxious it would harm their health and ruin the charm of their community. He orders the young man not to look at him either because as client or director this would ruin the effect he wants to achieve. His first anniversary was ruined when thieves broke into his shop and removed goods valued at around £18,000. I rocked back on my heels and pretended to be offended, though the effect was probably ruined by the badly suppressed grin on my face. The project has encountered some objections prompted by concerns that the extension and alterations will ruin the listed building's image. I write in response to the story about boy racers ruining the town centre and participating in so-called ‘anti-social’ behaviour. Synonyms destroyed, in ruins, in pieces, in ashes, falling down about one's ears wreck, destroy, devastate, wreak havoc on, reduce to nothing, damage, spoil, mar, injure, blast, blight, smash, shatter, dash, torpedo, scotch, make a mess of, mess up 1.2 Reduce to a state of poverty. 使倾家荡产，使破产 they were ruined by the highest interest rates this century 他们被本世纪的最高利率弄得倾家荡产。 Example sentencesExamples We do not want to see our bio-diversity destroyed and our farmers ruined because of corporate bio-terrorism. He was much in demand for occasional music but died in poverty, ruined by his attempts to find the philosopher's stone. Braddock had all his money tied up in stocks and the crash left him ruined. Dreverhaven seemingly hinders him at every turn, undermining his successes out of spite, trying to break his will and ruin him financially. Synonyms bankrupt, make bankrupt, cause to go bankrupt, make insolvent, impoverish, reduce to destitution, reduce to penury, bring to ruin, bring someone to their knees, wipe out, break, cripple 2literary no object Fall headlong or with a crash. 〈诗/文〉头朝下跌落；哗啦一声掉下 carriages go ruining over the brink from time to time 时而有马车哗啦一声掉下陡峭的悬崖。 Phrases in ruins In a state of complete disorder or disintegration. 被毁灭的；毁坏了的；垮掉的；成废墟的 the economy was in ruins 经济崩溃了。 Example sentencesExamples A York academic and ‘pillar of the community’ was today starting a prison sentence with his career in ruins. Plans to create a £23m showpiece military museum alongside a huge Army base in Yorkshire are in ruins. As of early June, the town was still in ruins, and no economy activity had resumed. All our hopes and ambitions, our life's work, were in ruins. The owner locked the property in Coombe Road at 5pm on Saturday and returned at 9am on Sunday to find the salon in ruins. The 700-year-old Muslim fort was in ruins, but the promise was made that it would be repaired and restored. Built in the late 1400s, this Norman tower house was in ruins when Hurley started his labour of love. Then she switches into attack mode, and plays destructive head games until the relationship lies in ruins. A little girl's Christmas is in ruins after burglars broke into a house and stole her presents. While it was mostly in ruins, a tall tower that looked more like it belonged on a castle than an abbey rose imperiously over the grounds. Synonyms derelict, ruined, gone to rack and ruin, in disrepair, falling to pieces, falling apart, dilapidated, tumbledown, ramshackle, broken-down, decrepit, decaying, ruinous destroyed, ruined, in pieces, in ashes, falling down about one's ears Origin Middle English (in the sense ‘collapse of a building’): from Old French ruine, from Latin ruina, from ruere ‘to fall’. noun.1 phr.
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