| 单词 | ruin |
| 例句 | ruin noun 1.•the buildings were saved from ruin:disintegration, decay, disrepair, dilapidation, ruination | destruction, demolition, wreckage. ANT preservation, reconstruction. 2. (ruins) •the ruins of a church:remains, remnants, fragments, relics | rubble, debris, wreckage. 3.•he was careening toward his ruin:downfall, collapse, defeat, undoing, failure, breakdown, ruination | Waterloo. ANT success, triumph. 4.•local merchants are facing ruin:bankruptcy, insolvency, penury, poverty, destitution, impoverishment, indigence | failure. ANT success, wealth.▶verb 1.•don't ruin my plans:wreck, destroy, spoil, mar, blight, shatter, dash, torpedo, scotch, mess up | sabotage | informal screw up, foul up, put the kibosh on, nix, scupper, scuttle. ANT save, restore. 2.•the bank's collapse ruined them all:bankrupt, make insolvent, impoverish, pauperize, wipe out, break, cripple, devastate | bring someone to their knees. 3.•a country ruined by civil war:destroy, devastate, lay waste, ravage | raze, demolish, wreck, wipe out, flatten. ANT repair, rebuild. PHRASES in ruins 1.•the abbey is in ruins:derelict, ruined, in disrepair, falling to pieces, dilapidated, tumbledown, ramshackle, decrepit, decaying, ruinous. 2.•his career is in ruins:destroyed, ruined, in pieces, over, finished | informal in tatters, on the rocks, done for. |
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