英汉词典

ruin 基本解释

vt.

破坏，毁灭；使破产；使没落，使堕落；变成废墟

n.

毁灭，灭亡；废墟，遗迹；[灭亡]的原因，祸根；损失

vi.

被毁灭；破产；堕落；

变形

复数：ruins过去式：ruined过去分词：ruined现在分词：ruining第三人称单数：ruins

双语释义

v.(动词)vt. 破坏,毁掉 destroy or spoil (completely)vt. & vi. (使)破产,(使)沦落 (cause to) get total loss of moneyn.(名词)[U]毁坏,毁灭,灭亡 severe damage or destruction[U]完全丧失,断送; 垮台(的原因) complete loss of all one's money, resources or prospects; cause of this[U]破败、坍塌或毁坏的状态 state of being decayed, collapsed or destroyed[C]废墟; 遗迹 remains of sth that has decayed or collapsed or been destroyed

英英释义

ruin[ 'ruin, 'ru:- ]

n.an irrecoverable state of devastation and destruction

"you have brought ruin on this entire family"

同义词：ruination

a ruined building

"they explored several Roman ruins"

the process of becoming dilapidated

同义词：dilapidation

an event that results in destruction

同义词：ruination

failure that results in a loss of position or reputation

同义词：downfallruination

destruction achieved by causing something to be wrecked or ruined

同义词：laying wasteruiningruinationwrecking

v.destroy completely; damage irreparably

"You have ruined my car by pouring sugar in the tank!"; "The tears ruined her make-up"

同义词：destroy

destroy or cause to fail

"This behavior will ruin your chances of winning the election"

reduce to bankruptcy

同义词：bankruptbreaksmash

reduce to ruins

"The country lay ruined after the war"

deprive of virginity

同义词：deflower

fall into ruin

ruin 相关例句

词汇搭配

用作动词 (v.)～+副词

• ruin completely完全毁坏
• ruin financially破产
• ruin sadly令人心痛地毁坏
• ruin utterly完全毁坏

～+介词

• ruin in health破坏健康

用作名词 (n.)动词+～

• bring ruin upon oneself自取灭亡
• bring sb to ruin使某人毁灭
• fall into ruin坍塌
• plan sb's ruin策划推翻某人

形容词+～

• complete ruin彻底毁灭
• financial ruin破产
• national ruin国家的灭亡
• social ruin社会的毁灭

～+介词

• ruin of sb's health某人健康的衰退
• ruin of sb's hopes某人希望的破灭

词组短语

in ruins成为废墟

financial ruin经济损失

同近义词辨析

destroy, break, wreck, ruin, spoil, damage

这组词都有“破坏，损坏”的意思，其区别是：

destroy多指彻底地、毁灭性地破坏，含导致无用，不能或很难再修复的意味。

break普通用词，指某物因被打破或撕破而受到破坏，可指有形或无形的破坏。

wreck侧重指船只、车辆、房屋等受到严重破坏或完全毁坏，也可指计划、健康受到损害。

ruin多指因外部原因而受到严重破坏或毁灭，侧重破坏的彻底性，也可用于引申意义。

spoil强调不仅会削弱力量、精力或价值，而且会导致不可避免的毁灭。

damage多指对无生命物体的损害，造成降低价值、破坏功能等后果。

destroy, harm, ruin, damage

这组词都有“破坏”的意思，其区别是：

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。

双语例句

用作及物动词(vt.)

1. He ruined his prospects by carelessness.
   他因疏忽大意而断送了前途。
2. The politics of the company will ruin their image.
   公司的策略会毁掉他们的形象。
3. His enemies maliciously conspired to ruin him.
   他的敌人恶毒地密谋搞垮他。
4. The rain ruined my painting.
   这场雨把我的画给毁了。
5. Her nervousness threatens to ruin the whole idea.
   她的惊慌失措可能会破坏整个计划。
6. Only great efforts can retrieve the firm from ruin.
   只有巨大的努力才能挽救这个濒于破产的公司。
7. These changes spell ruin for the company.
   这些变化意味着该公司破产。

用作名词(n.)

1. His rashness led ultimately to his ruin.
   他的急躁鲁莽最终导致了他的毁灭。
2. The minister's enemies engineered his ruin.
   部长的敌人密谋陷害他。
3. Tom visualized the house as a romantic ruin.
   汤姆把那所房子想像成有传奇色彩的废墟。
4. He is verging on ruin.
   他正濒临毁灭。

权威例句

Ruin estimates under interest force
On the time value of ruin. N Am Actuar J
LEVERAGE, RISK OF RUIN AND THE COST OF CAPITAL
The time value of ruin in a Sparre Andersen model
On the time value of ruin. With discussion and a reply by the authors
The gambler's ruin problem, genetic algorithms, and the sizing of populations
More than Ruin Romanticism? Religious Tourism to Holy Places in the Nineteenth Century
The moments of the time of ruin, the surplus before ruin, and the deficit at ruin
On the discounted penalty at ruin in a jump-diffusion and the perpetual put option
On the joint distributions of the time to ruin, the surplus prior to ruin and the deficit at ruin in the classical risk model