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单词 ruined
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ruined

(ruːɪnd)
adjective [ADJECTIVE noun]
A ruined building or place has been very badly damaged or has gradually fallen down because no-one has taken care of it.
...a ruined church.
Synonyms: dilapidated, broken down, falling apart, derelict More Synonyms of ruined

ruined in British English

(ˈruːɪnd)
adjective
destroyed or decayed
a ruined castle
a ruined 14th-century cathedral

Examples of 'ruined' in a sentence
ruined

He flapped up to his apartment in his ruined shoes, found his keys in the bottom of the buff envelope.
Robert Wilson THE COMPANY OF STRANGERS (2002)
He and his wife Margaret had once been taken on a guided tour of a ruined Scottish castle.
Aird, Catherine A DEAD LIBERTY (2002)

In other languages
ruined

British English: ruined ADJECTIVE
A ruined building or place has been very badly damaged or has gradually fallen down because no-one has taken care of it.
...a ruined building.
  • American English: ruined
  • Brazilian Portuguese: em ruínas
  • Chinese: 坍塌的
  • European Spanish: en ruinas
  • French: en ruine
  • German: zerfallen
  • Italian: in rovina
  • Japanese: 荒れ果てた
  • Korean: 폐허가 된
  • European Portuguese: em ruínas
  • Latin American Spanish: en ruinas

(adjective) 
a ruined church
Synonyms
dilapidated
She lived in a dilapidated old cottage.
broken down
falling apart
derelict
There was graffiti and litter in the derelict warehouse.
ramshackle
a curious ramshackle building
dilapidated
She lived in a dilapidated old cottage.
falling to pieces
tumbledown
bare hills and dusty tumbledown villages

Additional synonyms

in the sense of derelict
Definition
abandoned or unused and falling into ruins
There was graffiti and litter in the derelict warehouse.
Synonyms
abandoned,
deserted,
ruined,
neglected,
discarded,
forsaken,
dilapidated
in the sense of ramshackle
Definition
badly made or cared for
a curious ramshackle building
Synonyms
rickety,
broken-down,
crumbling,
shaky,
unsafe,
derelict,
flimsy,
tottering,
dilapidated,
decrepit,
unsteady,
tumbledown,
jerry-built
in the sense of tumbledown
Definition
(of a building) falling to pieces
bare hills and dusty tumbledown villages
Synonyms
dilapidated,
ruined,
crumbling,
shaky,
disintegrating,
tottering,
ramshackle,
rickety,
decrepit,
falling to pieces

Nearby words of
ruined

  • rugby
  • rugged
  • ruin
  • ruined
  • ruinous
  • rule
  • rule someone out

Related terms of
ruined

  • ruin

Synonyms of 'ruined'

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