ruin

n

1. U 倾家荡产，破产；丧失地位

• The company is facing ruin. 公司正面临破产。

• Won't you care what will happen to your family when you are on the road to ruin? 当你在即将声名狼籍时，难道你就不关心你的家人将面临什么吗？

2. U，用作单 祸因；祸根

• Gambling will be our ruin. 赌博将毁了我们。

3. C [亦作 ～s] 废墟；遗迹

• an ancient ruin 古迹

4. U 毁灭，灭亡

• the ruin of the Roman Empire 罗马帝国的灭亡

5. [～s] (组织、制度等的)残余(部分)

词组go to (或fall into) ruin 荒废；毁灭

• a town which went to ruin in the war 战争中毁灭的城镇

in ruins

1. (建筑物等)成为废墟，成为一片瓦砾

• The castle now lies (或stands) in ruins. 那座城堡现在已成为一片废墟。

2. (人的信仰、希望等)垮掉；崩溃；被毁灭

• Her career is in ruins. 她的事业已前途尽毁。