It's too bad to see a fresh flower on a heap of cow-dung. He'll be the ruin of her!
鲜花插在牛粪上，真把她糟踏啦！
ruin
英 [ˈru:ɪn] 美 [ˈruɪn]
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.
破产;被毁灭;堕落
第三人称单数： ruins 复数： ruins 现在分词： ruining 过去式： ruined 过去分词： ruined
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verb
[VN]
1
毁坏；破坏；糟蹋
to damage sth so badly that it loses all its value, pleasure, etc.; to spoil sth
同义词： wreck
The bad weather ruined our trip.
天气恶劣，破坏了我们的旅行。
That one mistake ruined his chances of getting the job.
正是这个错误断送了他得到那份工作的机会。
My new shoes got ruined in the mud.
我的新鞋被泥浆给糟蹋了。
Entire villages have been washed away. Roads and bridges have been destroyed and cropsruined.
这些村庄全部都被冲走了。道路和桥梁都被破坏了，农作物也全毁了。
'But we might ruin the stove.' — 'Who cares?'
“可我们会把炉子弄坏的！”——“我才不在乎呢！”
The magazine isn't trying to ruin his career, the man's digging his own grave by refusing aninterview.
这份杂志并非想断送他的事业，而他拒绝接受采访就是在自毁前程。
My wife was ruining her health through worry
忧虑严重损害了我妻子的健康。
She accused him of ruining her financially with his taste for the high life.
她指责他为了追求奢华的生活致使她倾家荡产。
Well my toilet's all blocked up and I've got it all coming into my flat and it'll ruin my home,such as it is
我的马桶堵死了，脏水全都涌到屋子里，家里脏得一塌糊涂，情况就是这样。
2
使破产（或失去地位等）；毁灭
to make sb/sth lose all their money, their position, etc.
If she loses the court case it will ruin her.
如果败诉，她就完了。
The country was ruined by the war.
这个国家因战争而遭到严重破坏。
She wasn't going to let her plans go to ruin.
她不会让她的计划破产的。
His enemies maliciously conspired to ruin him.
他的敌人恶毒地密谋搞垮他。
His enemies are determined to ruin him
他的敌人决意要毁了他。
noun
1
[U] 毁坏；破坏；毁灭
the state or process of being destroyed or severely damaged
A large number of churches fell into ruin after the revolution.
革命过后，许多教堂都毁了。
2
[U] 破产；一无所有；失去工作（或地位等）
the fact of having no money, of having lost your job, position, etc.
The divorce ultimately led to his ruin.
离婚最终使得他一贫如洗。
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。
The vineyards were falling into ruin
这些葡萄园日渐没落。
3
[sing.] 破产（或丢掉工作等）的根源；祸根
something that causes a person, company, etc. to lose all their money, job, position, etc.
同义词： downfall
Gambling was his ruin.
赌博毁了他。
The farmers say recent inflation has driven them to the brink of ruin.
农民们说最近的通货膨胀使他们濒临破产。
He depicts her as a siren who has drawn him to his ruin.
他把她描述成是红颜祸水——就是她毁掉了自己。
It would only serve to precipitate his ruin.
它只会加速他的毁灭。
It's too bad to see a fresh flower on a heap of cow-dung. He'll be the ruin of her!
鲜花插在牛粪上，真把她糟踏啦！
4
[C]
also ruins [pl.]
残垣断壁；废墟
the parts of a building that remain after it has been destroyed or severely damaged
The old mill is now little more than a ruin.
老磨坊现在只剩下一点残垣断壁了。
We visited the ruins of a Norman castle.
我们参观了一座诺曼式城堡的遗迹。
(figurative) He was determined to build a new life out of the ruins of his career.
他决心从事业失败中爬起来，重新开始新的生活。
The new Turkish republic he helped to build emerged from the ruins of a great empire
他帮助建立起的新土耳其共和国是从一个伟大帝国的废墟上发展起来的。
He stood very still, staring in at the ruins of his work.
他站在那里一动也不动，呆呆地看着他残余的作品。
The building is now a ruin.
这楼已破败不堪。
习语
in ruins
毁坏；严重受损；破败不堪
destroyed or severely damaged
Years of fighting have left the area in ruins.
经年的战事已经使得这个地区满目疮痍。
The abbey was in ruins...
这个修道院已经成了一片废墟。
This country was once proud of its education system. Now it seems to be in ruins.
这个国家曾一度为其教育体系感到自豪。但现在它似乎已经千疮百孔了。
Within Germany, the city of Berlin lay in ruins.
在德国，柏林市已经满目疮痍。
The scandal left his reputation in ruins.
这件丑闻使他身败名裂。
Its heavily-subsidized economy is in ruins.
其靠资助维持的经济已经完全崩溃了。
注意：in the ruins 在废墟中
One dead child was found in the ruins almost two hours after the explosion...
爆炸发生将近两个小时以后，在废墟中发现了一个已经死亡的小孩。
go to rack and ruin
变得一团糟
to get into a bad condition
They let the house go to rack and ruin.
这房子越来越破旧，他们也不管。
