ruin ♦︎ spoil ♦︎ mar ♦︎ wreckThese words all mean to make sth unsuccessful, unpleasant, or useless when it had been good.这些词均表示破坏、糟蹋、毁掉。SYNONYM SCALE 词义标尺下图显示这些词所表达破坏的程度
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PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配◆to ruin / spoil / wreck sth for sb◆to ruin / spoil / mar / wreck sb's career◆to ruin / spoil / wreck things / everything◆to ruin / spoil / wreck sb's plans / day / evening / life / chances / hopes◆to ruin / mar / wreck sb's happiness◆to ruin / wreck sb's health / sb's marriage / the economy◆to completely / totally / almost / nearly ruin / spoil / mar / wreck sth◆to effectively ruin / spoil / wreck sth■ruin [transitive] to damage sth or have a completely negative effect on it so that it is no longer at all successful, enjoyable or useful毁坏；破坏；糟蹋◆The bad weather completely ruined our trip.坏天气把我们的旅行全毁了。◆You've ruined my whole life!你把我的生活都毁了！◆Years of drinking had ruined his health.长年饮酒毁了他的健康。◆My shoes got totally ruined in the mud.我的新鞋被泥浆给糟蹋了。◆The crop that year was ruined by drought.干旱使那年农作物严重歉收。■spoil(spoiled, spoiled; BrE alsospoilt, spoilt) [transitive] to change sth good into sth bad, unpleasant or useless破坏；糟蹋；毁掉◆Don't let him spoil your evening.别让他影响你今晚的心情。◆Why do you always have to spoil everything?为什么每样东西都要毁在你手里？◆I don't want to spoil your fun, but it's nearly time to go home.我不想扫你的兴，但是该回家了。◆I won't tell you what happens in the last chapter－I don't want to spoil it for you.我不会告诉你最后一章发生了什么－我不想破坏你的兴致。NOTE辨析 Ruin or spoil?Ruin is stronger than spoil: sth that is ruined is completely spoiled; sth that is spoiled may be ruined or just less good than it should be. * ruin的破坏程度要比spoil大，ruin指彻底毁坏。spoil有可能是彻底毁坏，也可能只是让状况较差而已。■mar(-rr-) [transitive, often passive] (ratherformal) to spoil sth good破坏；毁坏；损害◆A few violent incidents marred the celebrations.几起暴力事件把庆祝活动给搅了。◆A frown marred his handsome features.皱眉让他的容貌显得不那么英俊了。ⓘ Mar is often used to talk about the one thing that spoiled sth that was good in other ways. It is not often used in informal spoken English. * mar常指使有瑕疵，使美中不足，不常用于非正式口语◆Why do you always have to mar everything?■wreck / /rek/ / [transitive] to ruin sth completely（彻底）毁灭，毁掉◆A serious injury in 2006 threatened to wreck his career.2006年的一次重伤差点儿葬送了他的前程。◆His affair wrecked our marriage.他的出轨彻底毁了我们的婚姻。ⓘ Wreck is used especially to talk about important things in people's lives. Important collocates are life, career, marriage, health and happiness. * wreck尤用于谈论人们生活中的要事。表示重要事物的搭配词有life、career、marriage、health和happiness。
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prehistoric remains史前遗迹the remains of a sandwich吃剩的三明治remains ♦︎ ruin ♦︎ debris ♦︎ wreckage ♦︎ rubble ♦︎ wreckThese are all words for parts of sth that is left after it has been destroyed or severely damaged.这些词均表示某物遭损毁后存留下来的剩余部分、残留物。PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配◆the remains / ruins / wreckage / wreck of a building / vehicle, etc.◆the debris / rubble from a building, etc.◆in / amid / among / amongst the remains / ruins / debris / wreckage / rubble◆ancient / Roman remains / ruins◆to reduce sth to ruins / rubble◆to clear (away) the debris / wreckage / rubble◆to be trapped in the wreckage / the rubble / a wreck◆to sift through remains / debris / wreckage◆a piece / pile of debris / wreckage■remains [plural] the parts of ancient objects and buildings that have survived and are discovered in the present day; parts of sth that are left after it has been destroyed or severely damaged古代遗物；古迹；遗迹；（损毁后剩下的）残留物◆The museum has an impressive collection of prehistoric remains.那家博物馆的史前遗迹藏品令人赞叹。◆They have found the remains of a Roman settlement on the land.他们在那块土地发现了一处古罗马时代定居点的遗迹。◆The mangled remains of a bicycle were sticking out of the windscreen.散架的自行车严重变形，从挡风玻璃探了出来。■ruin [countable] ( ruins [plural]) the parts of a building that remain after it has been destroyed or severely damaged残垣断壁；废墟◆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。◆Years of fighting have left the area in ruins.连年的战事已经使得这个地区满目疮痍。▸ruined
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◆a ruined castle破烂不堪的城堡■debris / /ˈdebriː, ˈdeɪbriː; NAmEdəˈbriː/ [uncountable] pieces of wood, metal, brick or other material that are left after sth has been destroyed残骸；（损毁后剩下的）碎片，破片◆Emergency teams are still clearing the debris from the plane crash.各抢救小组仍在清理失事飞机的残骸。◆A man of 76 was fatally injured by flying debris(= a piece of material flying through the air after an explosion).爆炸产生的碎片使一名76岁的老翁遭受致命伤害。■wreckage /ˈrekɪdʒ/ / [uncountable] the parts of a vehicle or building that remain after it has been destroyed or severely damaged（车辆等的）残骸；（建筑物等的）废墟◆An elderly man was cut from the wreckage by firefighters.消防员切开汽车残骸救出一个老人。◆Pieces of wreckage were found several miles away from the scene of the explosion.在离爆炸现场几英里外的地方发现了残骸碎片。■rubble [uncountable] broken stones or bricks from a building or wall that has been destroyed or damaged碎石；碎砖◆A bomb had reduced the house next door to rubble.炸弹将隔壁的房子炸成了一堆瓦砾。■wreck / /rek/ / [countable] a ship that has sunk or that has been very badly damaged; a car, plane or other vehicle that has been very badly damaged in an accident沉船；严重损毁的船；（事故中）遭严重毁坏的汽车（或飞机等其他交通工具）◆A new search of the wreck of the Titanic has been launched.一场新的对泰坦尼克号残骸的搜索已经展开。◆She was pulled from the burning wreck by firefighters.她被消防员从燃烧的残骸中拉了出来。 see also wreck ⇨ crash