He ruined his prospects by carelessness.
他因疏忽大意而断送了前途。The politics of the company will ruin their image.
公司的策略会毁掉他们的形象。His enemies maliciously conspired to ruin him.
他的敌人恶毒地密谋搞垮他。The rain ruined my painting.
这场雨把我的画给毁了。Her nervousness threatens to ruin the whole idea.
她的惊慌失措可能会破坏整个计划。Only great efforts can retrieve the firm from ruin.
只有巨大的努力才能挽救这个濒于破产的公司。These changes spell ruin for the company.
这些变化意味着该公司破产。
用作名词	(n.)
His rashness led ultimately to his ruin.
他的急躁鲁莽最终导致了他的毁灭。The minister's enemies engineered his ruin.
部长的敌人密谋陷害他。Tom visualized the house as a romantic ruin.
汤姆把那所房子想像成有传奇色彩的废墟。He is verging on ruin.
他正濒临毁灭。

常见句型

用作动词	(v.)
用作不及物动词S+~(+A)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。用作及物动词S+~+ n./pron.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。1Many 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。其他v -ed as Attrib.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。
用作名词	(n.)
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。

常用短语

用作名词	(n.)
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
in ruins
严重受损,破败不堪 in a severely damaged or decayed condition
mother's ruin
烈性饮料 strong drink

词汇搭配

用作动词 (v.)
~+副词ruin sadly 令人心痛地毁坏plan sb's ruin 策划推翻某人形容词+~

经典引文

The crash of ruin fitfully resounds.
出自:	Wordsworth
To have the power of that House reduced, but not..absolutely ruined.
出自:	Earl of Chatham
Our batteries continued to ruin the works.
出自:Examiner

ruin的详细讲解:

词语用法

v.(动词)