| 单词 | ruin |
| 释义 | ruin n. & v. --n 1. a destroyed or wrecked state. 2. a person's or thing's downfall or elimination (the ruin of my hopes). 3. a the complete loss of one's property or position (bring to ruin). b a person who has suffered ruin. 4. (in sing. or pl.) the remains of a building etc. that has suffered ruin (an old ruin; ancient ruins). 5. a cause of ruin (will be the ruin of us). --v 1. tr. a bring to ruin (your extravagance has ruined me). b utterly impair or wreck (the rain ruined my hat). 2. tr. (esp. as ruined adj.) reduce to ruins. 3. intr. poet. fall headlong or with a crash. Phrases and idioms in ruins 1. in a state of ruin. 2. completely wrecked (their hopes were in ruins). Etymology: ME f. OF ruine f. L ruina f. ruere fall |
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