单词	ruinous
释义	ruinousru‧in‧ous /ˈruːɪnəs/ adjective Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES ruinous taxes Alcohol is as ruinous as illegal drugs. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS In fact, depending on the type of plan you have, they can become ruinous. Most of them are in a ruinous state with their upper storeys missing shattered by earthquake, war, neglect. Our present policies are also ruinous to health. Rarely does a year start by offering so many opportunities for governments to make ruinous mistakes. Santa Anna had created twelve thousand new civil and military positions and had obtained several loans at ruinous rates of interest. So his strategy made sense at the same time as it seemed wantonly ruinous. That was before its ruinous so-called restoration. Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY► ruinous state/condition  the ruinous state of the city walls COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN► condition · The interior is still in ruinous condition though the exterior is fairly intact.· A little further along the road is Dun Trodden, another broch in a more ruinous condition.· They also tell us of a field with the manor house in a ruinous condition. ► state · Most of them are in a ruinous state with their upper storeys missing shattered by earthquake, war, neglect. 1causing a lot of damage or problems:  a ruinous civil war2costing much more than you can afford:  ruinous rates of interest3formal a building that is ruinous has been almost completely destroyed SYN  ruined:  an old ruinous chapelruinous state/condition the ruinous state of the city walls—ruinously adverb:  ruinously expensive
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