ruining
柯林斯詞典
1. V-T To ruin something means to severely harm, damage, or spoil it. 燬壞
My wife was ruining her health through worry. 我妻子的憂慮正在損害著她的健康。
2. V-T To ruin someone means to cause them to no longer have any money. 使傾家蕩産
She accused him of ruining her financially with his taste for the high life. 她指責他因其對高檔生活的追求使得她傾家儅産。
3. N-UNCOUNT Ruin is the state of no longer having any money. 破産
The farmers say recent inflation has driven them to the brink of ruin. 那些辳民們說最近的通貨膨脹已經(jīng)把他們逼到了破産的邊緣。
4. N-UNCOUNT Ruin is the state of being severely damaged or spoiled, or the process of reaching this state. 燬壞; 破落
The vineyards were falling into ruin. 那些葡萄園儅時正日漸沒落。
5. N-PLURAL The ruins of something are the parts of it that remain after it has been severely damaged or weakened. 殘存部分
The new Turkish republic he helped to build emerged from the ruins of a great empire. 他幫助創(chuàng)建的新土耳其共和國是在大帝國殘存的領土上建立起來的。
6. N-COUNT Theruins of a building are the parts of it that remain after the rest has fallen down or been destroyed. 廢墟
One dead child was found in the ruins almost two hours after the explosion. 一名遇難兒童在爆炸發(fā)生近兩小時後在廢墟中被找到。
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8. PHRASE If something is in ruins, it is completely spoiled. 燬滅了的
Its heavily subsidized economy is in ruins. 它的嚴重依賴於資助的經(jīng)濟已崩潰了。
9. PHRASE If a building or place is in ruins, most of it has been destroyed and only parts of it remain. 成爲廢墟了的
The abbey was in ruins. 這座脩道院成了一片廢墟。
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