It's too bad to see a fresh flower on a heap of cow-dung. He'll be the ruin of her!
鮮花插在牛糞上，真把她糟踏啦！
ruin
英 [ˈru:ɪn] 美 [ˈruɪn]
vt.
破壞，毀滅;使破產;使沒落，使墮落;變成廢墟
n.
毀滅，滅亡;廢墟，遺蹟;[滅亡]的原因，禍根;損失
vi.
破產;被毀滅;墮落
第三人稱單數： ruins 複數： ruins 現在分詞： ruining 過去式： ruined 過去分詞： ruined
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verb
[VN]
1
毀壞；破壞；糟蹋
to damage sth so badly that it loses all its value, pleasure, etc.; to spoil sth
同義詞： wreck
The bad weather ruined our trip.
天氣惡劣，破壞了我們的旅行。
That one mistake ruined his chances of getting the job.
正是這個錯誤斷送了他得到那份工作的機會。
My new shoes got ruined in the mud.
我的新鞋被泥漿給糟蹋了。
Entire villages have been washed away. Roads and bridges have been destroyed and cropsruined.
這些村莊全部都被沖走了。道路和橋樑都被破壞了，農作物也全毀了。
'But we might ruin the stove.' — 'Who cares?'
“可我們會把爐子弄壞的！”——“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.
這份雜誌並非想斷送他的事業，而他拒絕接受採訪就是在自毀前程。
My wife was ruining her health through worry
憂慮嚴重損害了我妻子的健康。
She accused him of ruining her financially with his taste for the high life.
她指責他為了追求奢華的生活致使她傾家蕩產。
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
我的馬桶堵死了，髒水全都湧到屋子裡，家裡髒得一塌糊塗，情況就是這樣。
2
使破產（或失去地位等）；毀滅
to make sb/sth lose all their money, their position, etc.
If she loses the court case it will ruin her.
如果敗訴，她就完了。
The country was ruined by the war.
這個國家因戰爭而遭到嚴重破壞。
She wasn't going to let her plans go to ruin.
她不會讓她的計劃破產的。
His enemies maliciously conspired to ruin him.
他的敵人惡毒地密謀搞垮他。
His enemies are determined to ruin him
他的敵人決意要毀了他。
noun
1
[U] 毀壞；破壞；毀滅
the state or process of being destroyed or severely damaged
A large number of churches fell into ruin after the revolution.
革命過後，許多教堂都毀了。
2
[U] 破產；一無所有；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.
離婚最終使得他一貧如洗。
The bank stepped in to save the company from financial ruin .
銀行的介入使這家公司免於經濟崩潰。
The vineyards were falling into ruin
這些葡萄園日漸沒落。
3
[sing.] 破產（或丟掉工作等）的根源；禍根
something that causes a person, company, etc. to lose all their money, job, position, etc.
同義詞： downfall
Gambling was his ruin.
賭博毀了他。
The farmers say recent inflation has driven them to the brink of ruin.
農民們說最近的通貨膨脹使他們瀕臨破產。
He depicts her as a siren who has drawn him to his ruin.
他把她描述成是紅顏禍水——就是她毀掉了自己。
It would only serve to precipitate his ruin.
它只會加速他的毀滅。
It's too bad to see a fresh flower on a heap of cow-dung. He'll be the ruin of her!
鮮花插在牛糞上，真把她糟踏啦！
4
[C]
also ruins [pl.]
殘垣斷壁；廢墟
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.
老磨坊現在只剩下一點殘垣斷壁了。
We visited the ruins of a Norman castle.
我們參觀了一座諾曼式城堡的遺蹟。
(figurative) He was determined to build a new life out of the ruins of his career.
他決心從事業失敗中爬起來，重新開始新的生活。
The new Turkish republic he helped to build emerged from the ruins of a great empire
他幫助建立起的新土耳其共和國是從一個偉大帝國的廢墟上發展起來的。
He stood very still, staring in at the ruins of his work.
他站在那裡一動也不動，呆呆地看著他殘餘的作品。
The building is now a ruin.
這樓已破敗不堪。
習語
in ruins
毀壞；嚴重受損；破敗不堪
destroyed or severely damaged
Years of fighting have left the area in ruins.
經年的戰事已經使得這個地區滿目瘡痍。
The abbey was in ruins...
這個修道院已經成了一片廢墟。
This country was once proud of its education system. Now it seems to be in ruins.
這個國家曾一度為其教育體系感到自豪。但現在它似乎已經千瘡百孔了。
Within Germany, the city of Berlin lay in ruins.
在德國，柏林市已經滿目瘡痍。
The scandal left his reputation in ruins.
這件醜聞使他身敗名裂。
Its heavily-subsidized economy is in ruins.
其靠資助維持的經濟已經完全崩潰了。
注意：in the ruins 在廢墟中
One dead child was found in the ruins almost two hours after the explosion...
爆炸發生將近兩個小時以後，在廢墟中發現了一個已經死亡的小孩。
go to rack and ruin
變得一團糟
to get into a bad condition
They let the house go to rack and ruin.
這房子越來越破舊，他們也不管。
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