ruin
【破坏、毁灭、损害】
"Ruin" 是一个名词和动词,通常与 破坏、毁灭、损害 相关,表示某事物的损失、失败或彻底的毁坏。
作为名词:
- 毁灭、毁坏、废墟:指某物被彻底破坏或损坏,通常指损害到无法修复的程度。
- 例如:The city was left in ruins after the earthquake.
(地震后,城市变成了废墟。)
- 例如:The city was left in ruins after the earthquake.
- 衰败、破产:表示一个人、公司、计划等遭遇失败,通常是由于一系列错误或灾难性的事件。
- 例如:The company went into ruin after a series of poor financial decisions.
(这家公司在一系列糟糕的财务决策后走向破产。)
- 例如:The company went into ruin after a series of poor financial decisions.
作为动词:
- 毁坏、摧毁:指使某物或某事物遭到彻底的破坏或损害,通常是使其失去原有的价值或功能。
- 例如:The fire ruined the entire building.
(火灾摧毁了整座建筑。)
- 例如:The fire ruined the entire building.
- 使陷入困境、使失败:指通过某些行为或决策,使某人或某事处于极其困难的境地,通常指造成某人或组织的严重损失。
- 例如:Her bad decisions ruined his career.
(她的错误决定毁了他的职业生涯。)
- 例如:Her bad decisions ruined his career.
- 使堕落:在某些情况下,"ruin" 还可以指使某人的道德、名誉等遭到破坏或堕落。
- 例如:Drinking too much alcohol can ruin your health.
(过度饮酒可能会毁掉你的健康。)
- 例如:Drinking too much alcohol can ruin your health.
相关短语:
- Bring to ruin:使某人或某事陷入毁灭或失败。
- 例如:The scandal brought the politician to ruin.
(丑闻让那位政治家走向了毁灭。)
- 例如:The scandal brought the politician to ruin.
- Be the ruin of:成为某人或某事的毁灭因素。
- 例如:His addiction was the ruin of his family.
(他的上瘾成了他家庭的毁灭因素。)
- 例如:His addiction was the ruin of his family.
例句:
- The flood ruined the crops and left many farmers without income.
(洪水毁坏了庄稼,许多农民失去了收入。) - He was ruined by his gambling habits and lost everything he owned.
(他的赌博习惯让他走向了毁灭,失去了所有的财产。)
总结:
Ruin 作为名词时,表示彻底的破坏或损毁,指某物、某人或某组织的失败或损失。作为动词时,表示毁掉、摧毁或导致某人、某事走向失败或困境。