中英互译
ruin
英 /ˈruːɪn/美 /ˈruːɪn/
基本释义
- n.毁坏,毁灭;破产,身败名裂;祸根; 残垣断壁,废墟;残存部分(ruins)
- v.毁坏,破坏;使(建筑物,地方)破败,使成为废墟;使倾家荡产,使破产;<文> 头朝下跌落,哗啦一声掉下
- 人名 (Ruin)(法、俄、意、瑞典)吕安(人名)
复数ruins
第三人称单数ruins
现在分词ruining
过去式ruined
过去分词ruined
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词语例句
毁坏,毁灭un.
A large number of churches fell into ruin after the revolution.
革命过后,许多教堂都毁了。
破产,身败名裂un.
The bank stepped in to save the company from financial ruin.
银行的介入使这家公司免于经济崩溃。
祸根n. (sing.)
Gambling was his ruin.
赌博毁了他。
残垣断壁,废墟cn. (常pl.)
One dead child was found in the ruins almost two hours after the explosion.
一名遇难儿童在爆炸发生近两小时后在废墟中被找到。
But most will be returning to nothing but heaps of ruins.
但大多数人只能回到成堆的废墟中。
Within Italy, the great focus was Rome, whose ancient ruins and more recent achievements were shown to every Grand Tourist.
意大利最引人注目的是罗马,它的古遗迹和新成就都展示在了每一位环游游客眼前。
- Gambling was his ruin.赌博毁了他。来自《牛津词典》
- The bank stepped in to save the company from financial ruin.银行的介入使这家公司免于经济崩溃。来自《牛津词典》
- The vineyards were falling into ruin.那些葡萄园当时正日渐没落。来自《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
相关短语
- financial ruin经济崩溃
- be/lie in ruins(建筑物或城市)沦为一片废墟;严重受损;破败不堪
- fall into ruin(因缺乏照料而)衰落,败落
- financial/economic ruin经济破产
- in ruins成为废墟
- financial ruin经济损失
- Ruin Explorers秘境探险;秘境考察队
- rack and ruin破坏;破坏与崩溃
- red ruin火灾
- ruin reputation砸牌子
- bring to ruin使毁灭;使落空;一般说来
词语扩展
- destroy/break/wreck/ruin/spoil/damage
- destroy/harm/ruin/damage
- destroy指十分彻底的毁坏,破坏。如:The whole city was destroyed in the earthquake.( 地震中整个城市被毁了。)
- harm多指带来悲痛,产生恶果的伤害,可以是肉体的也可是精神的。如:Doctors say smoking harms our health.(医生说吸烟对身体有害。)
- ruin为正式用词,强调由于自然力或时间的作用而逐渐损坏,用于比喻时也指彻底毁坏名声,期望等。如:She poured water all over my painting and ruined it. (她把水倒在画上,把它毁了。)另外,ruin的复数形式ruins表“废墟”。
- damage一般指部分性的破坏,含可修复使用。
词义分布
破坏
27.8%
毁灭
19.6%
破产
16.7%
废墟
11%
毁
9%
毁坏
5.9%
崩溃
4%
灭亡
2.4%
葬送
2%
败坏
1.6%
英英释义
- n.an irrecoverable state of devastation and destruction
- n.a ruined building
- n.the process of becoming dilapidated
- n.an event that results in destruction
- n.failure that results in a loss of position or reputation
- n.destruction achieved by causing something to be wrecked or ruined
- v.to completely harm, damage or spoil something
毁坏;破坏;糟蹋- My wife was ruining her health.我妻子正在损害她的健康。
词源
- ruin破坏,毁坏来自拉丁语 ruina,倒塌,毁坏,来自 ruere,倒塌,崩塌,来自 PIE*reue,击,打,撕开,词源 同 rag,rough.字母 g 脱落,比较 regulate,rule.
- ruinFrom Middle English ruine, from Old French ruine, from Latin ruīna (“overthrow, ruin”), from ruō (“I fall down, tumble, sink in ruin, rush”).