1. vt.破坏，毁掉　 destroy or spoil (completely)
2. vt. & vi.（使）破产，（使）沦落　 (cause to) get total loss of money

　～ completely　完全毁坏
　～ financially　破产
　～ sadly　令人心痛地毁坏
　～ utterly　完全毁坏
　～ in health　破坏健康

　The town ruined after the bombing.　那次轰炸后，这个市镇变成了一片废墟。
　He's bankrupt and ruined completely.　他完全破产了。
　The storm ruined our wheat crop.　暴风雨毁坏了我们的小麦。
　The rain has ruined my new dress.　雨把我的新衣服弄得一团糟。
　Bad weather ruined our holiday.　坏天气毁了我们的假日。
　The invaders ruined the fields that the people had restored and massacred all the inhabitants.　入侵者毁了百姓们重建的家园，屠杀了所有的居民。
　The war will ruin the country, depend on it.　请相信我，这场战争将毁灭这个国家。
　She has a very real grievance against the hospital since the operation which ruined her health.　自从她做过手术后，健康状况变坏，所以她确实对医院有怨言。
　She had no choice but to leave him. She could not let him ruin her whole life.　她没有别的选择，只得离开他。她不能让他毁灭自己的一生。
　You will ruin your prospects if you continue to be so foolish.　如果你继续这种愚蠢的行为，你会自毁前程的。
　If you go on like this, you'll ruin yourself.　如果你继续这样下去，你会自己毁了自己。
　The stock market crash ruined many people.　股票价格下跌使许多人破产了。
　Many villages had been burned and ruined.　许多村庄被烧毁。
　The party, which had been greatly looked forward to, was ruined by the rude behaviour of an uninvited guest.　那位不速之客举止粗野，破坏了大家热切盼望的聚会。
　His life was ruined by drink.　他因酗酒而葬送了自己的一生。
　He was ruined by speculation.　他因做投机生意而破产。
　He lives in a ruined temple.　他住在一座破庙里。
　Lovell's a ruined man.　洛弗尔已不名一文。

 ♣ ruin, break, demolish, destroy
　参见break条。
 ♣ ruin, damage, demolish, spoil
　参见damage条。

　他还不到30岁，但他身体已经垮了。
　［误］ He was under thirty, but he was done for.
　［正］ He was under thirty, but he was ruined.
　［析］ 表示“身体垮了”可说be ruined，不可说be done for.

1. U 毁坏，毁灭，灭亡　 severe damage or destruction
2. U 完全丧失，断送；垮台（的原因） complete loss of all one's money, resources or prospects; cause of this
3. U 破败、坍塌或毁坏的状态　 state of being decayed, collapsed or destroyed
4. C 废墟；遗迹　 remains of sth that has decayed or collapsed or been destroyed

　bring ～ upon oneself　自取灭亡
　bring sb to ～　使某人毁灭
　fall into ～　坍塌
　plan sb's ～　策划推翻某人
　complete ～　彻底毁灭
　financial ～　破产
　national ～　国家的灭亡
　social ～　社会的毁灭
　～ of sb's health　某人健康的衰退
　～ of sb's hopes　某人希望的破灭

　Ruin was staring her in the face.　她眼看就要倾家荡产了。
　This news meant the ruin of all our hopes.　这消息意味着我们的一切希望都破灭了。
　This carelessness will be his ruin.　他这样粗心大意是要倒霉的。
　This flood will be the ruin of the harvest.　这场洪水会是没有收成的祸根。
　Her beauty was her ruin.　她的美貌是她毁灭的原因。
　The company was heading for ruin.　那家公司即将破产。
　His enemies planned the duke's ruin.　公爵的仇人们策划使他垮台。
　The castle has fallen into ruin.　城堡已坍塌了。
　The country was in ruin and convulsion.　这个国家没落于动乱之中。
　All his plans came to ruin.　他的所有计划都落了空。
　The regime collapsed into total ruin.　该政权彻底覆灭了。
　With the collapse of grain prices the small farmers are on the brink of financial ruin.　随着粮食价格的下跌，小农现已处于破产的边缘。
　The city was reduced to a state of ruin by the war.　那个城市因战争而陷于毁灭的状态。
　The abbey is now a ruin.　那座修道院现已成废墟。
　We visited the ruins of ancient Greece.　我们参观了古希腊的遗迹。
　The lapse of year will never efface that scene of ruin from my memory.　时光的流逝绝不会把那废墟的景象从我的记忆中冲淡。
　Careful examination of the ruins revealed new evidence.　对废墟的仔细检查揭示了新的证据。
　Archaeologists attribute the ruin to a flourishing prehistoric kingdom.　考古学家认为这些废墟属于一个繁荣的史前王国。

 ♣ go to rack and ruin
　因忽视而导致毁坏、混乱或瓦解　fall into a ruined or disorganized state through neglect
　The old house soon went to rack and ruin.　这所旧房子很快就毁坏了。
　This country is going to rack and ruin; we need a change of government.　这个国家正在分崩离析，我们需要更换政府。
　Over the years, the vacant house has gone to rack and ruin first by Vandals and then a fire.　多年来，先是汪达尔人的破坏，接着又是一场大火，这所空房子已经坍塌了。
 ♣ in ruins
　严重受损，破败不堪　in a severely damaged or decayed condition
　The old castle is in ruins.　这座古老的城堡已成废墟。
　The big building lies in ruins after that fire.　那场大火过后，那幢大楼成了一片废墟。
　Our plans are in ruins.　我们的计划失败了。
 ♣ mother's ruin
　烈性饮料　strong drink
　〔说明〕 mother's ruin常指杜松子酒。
　I must admit I like a nice glass of mother's ruin before I go to bed.　我得承认，我喜欢临睡前喝一杯杜松子酒。

　［派生词］ ruinous adj.耗资巨大的；无法承担的；破坏性的；导致严重问题的；灾难性的；（城镇、建筑等）破败的；严重受损的；已成废墟的
　［同义词］ v. break, damage, defeat, demolish, destroy, injure, overthrow, shatter, spoil, wreck n. bankruptcy, breakdown, collapse, crash, defeat, destruction, failure, fall, wreck
　［反义词］ v. develop, restore n. development, reconstruction
　［词源］　中古英语ruine<古法语<拉丁语ruina