英:[ˈru:ɪnəs]
美:[ˈruənəs]
英:[ˈru:ɪnəs]
美:[ˈruənəs]
adj.
<书> 耗资巨大的
无法承担的
破坏性的
导致严重问题的
ru·in·ous
ru ih ns
ruinously (adv.), ruinousness (n.)
词根:ruin
adj.ruined 毁灭的;荒废的
adv.ruinously 毁灭地;败坏地
n.ruin 废墟;毁坏;灭亡
ruination 毁灭;祸根
v.ruined 毁灭(ruin的变形)
vi.ruin 破产;堕落;被毁灭
vt.ruin 毁灭;使破产
Adjective
1. extremely harmful; bringing physical or financial ruin;
"a catastrophic depression"
"catastrophic illness"
"a ruinous course of action"
2. causing injury or blight; especially affecting with sudden violence or plague or ruin;
"the blasting effects of the intense cold on the budding fruit"
"the blasting force of the wind blowing sharp needles of sleet in our faces"
"a ruinous war"
14世纪晚期,“走向毁灭,陷入毁灭”的意思来自古法语 ruinos(现代法语 ruineux),直接源自拉丁语 ruinosus “倒塌,走向毁灭”,源自 ruina(参见 ruin(n.))。意思是“导致毁灭,倾向于带来毁灭”的含义始于15世纪中期; 到1817年,特指“过度昂贵”。相关词汇: Ruinously; ruinousness。
The first known use of ruinous was in the 14th century
rulernoun
sovereign entry 1 sense 1
a straight strip of material (as wood or metal) marked off in units and used as a guide in drawing lines or for measuring
rulernoun
sovereign entry 1 sense 1
a straight strip of material (as wood or metal) marked off in units and used as a guide in drawing lines or for measuring
rule1 of 2noun
a guide or principle for conduct or action
an accepted method, custom, or habit
regulation sense 2, bylaw
a broad statement generally found to be true
as a rule we don't have much snow here
the exercise of authority or control : government
ruler sense 2
rule2 of 2verb
to have power over : control, direct
to exercise authority or power over
to be supreme or outstanding in
to give or state as a considered decision
to mark with lines drawn along or as if along the straight edge of a ruler
ruin1 of 2noun
complete collapse or destruction
the remains of something destroyed—usually used in plural
the ruins of a city
ruin2 of 2verb
to reduce to ruins
to damage beyond repair
bankrupt entry 3
ruinousadjective
causing or tending to cause ruin : destructive
ruinousadjective
causing or tending to cause ruin : destructive
1 He self-medicates — "imbibing while deriving," a journalist quips — with a ruinous stream of bourbon, cigarettes, faculty wives and Ativan.
2 With such an abundance of fuel to feast on, wildfires like those currently raging in California have become increasingly ruinous and intense.
3 Will Britain enter into a ruinous war or submit to humiliating and most likely temporary peace on terms dictated by Hitler?
4 Behold, Damascus is taken away from being a city, and It'shall be a ruinous heap.
看哪, 大马士革已被废弃,不再为城, 必变作乱堆.
5 The ruinous decade had scarred the city, as it had every other: poor boxes on the street, people living on railcars.
6 Indeed, newer material served a primary role in shaping the vicious nature and uncompromising attack of a career-spanning set punctuated by ominous warnings, deadly secrets and ruinous relationships.
7 Such, at least, seems to have been the motivation of the judge in issuing a sentence that saw Ethan’s ruinous behavior through the prism of his parents’ delinquency.
8 In their letter, the authors say that in the past three years a number of scientists have faced "ruinous libel suits simply for blowing the whistle on dangerous medical practices".
9 The snow is ruinous to the trees.
雪对这些树危害极大。
10 No credible strategy for fixing public finances as ruinous as Britain's can ring-fence the front-line.
还没有一个可靠策略能修正公共财政问题,以阻止其毁掉不列颠‘前线’上的围栏。
11 After a ruinous strike, the union caved in.
一场破坏性的罢工之后,工会突然服软了。
12 I am skittish about relationships, as most of the marriages I’ve seen up close have been ruinous for one or both parties.
13 While they followed different paths, Vietnam, Afghanistan, and Iraq all began relatively small, before growing large and ruinous.
14 On the campaign trail he distributed “Tuccille bills” — fake dollar bills that, he assured voters, would soon be worth more than the real thing, given the country’s ruinous economic policies.
15 The only way this ruinous cycle can be erased is for Congress to stop the "bs" and cut as much spending as possible.
惟一能够阻止这一毁灭性的循环持续下去的办法是国会方面停止无谓的争执,然后尽量减少财政支出。
16 When Saul hears that his ex-wife, Kim Wexler, has confessed to the authorities about her role in the death of Howard Hamlin and faces a potentially ruinous lawsuit from Howard’s widow, he changes his mind.
17 According to Jamie, this brutal lampoon proved a ruinous turning point for her elegant mother, Felicia Montealegre, a Chilean actress and social activist who succumbed to breast cancer before the Me Decade was over.
18 On site, he was astonished to find the original follies and other architectural delights, although in a "pretty ruinous" state.
19 Could her son, Celia wonders, have inherited her habit of ruinous passion?
20 Lennie, alas, did not reciprocate Danny’s affections but is in love with Alexander, another of the ruinous yearnings that mark the novel.
1 毁灭
lost blasted death loss consumption ruin destruction doom decay demolition bale devastation wreckage damnation wrack undoing kill perish lose murder blast dash crush undo swamp shatter butcher demolish overthrow smite extinguish beggar shipwreck subvert annihilate prostrate scuttle bake bread lay an ax to the root bring to his knees go to ruin cut to pieces all to pot go to the spout
3 有害
bad harmful detrimental contagious hurtful mischievous ill noxious scathing pernicious malign deleterious injurious prejudicial inimical baleful maleficent noisome pestilential evil vice
4 破坏的
6 严重受损的
7 破坏
subversive failure ruin rack breach destruction wreck demolition breaking breakage wreckage ravage subversion hob wrack wrecking overset torpedo sabotage counterwork lose break mine cloud cook waste destroy dish founder violate disrupt frustrate spoil undo shatter devastate demolish overthrow infringe baffle queer smite trespass assassinate subvert honeycomb scuttle mangle vandalize discomfit unmake deflower discombobulate monkey-wrench
8 灾难性的
fatal disastrous suicidal apocalyptic fateful cataclysmic catastrophic calamitous terminal unhappy
10 朽坏的
11 招致毁灭的
12 荒废
ruined wasteful desolate dilapidated run-down wasting tatty wilderness ravage desolation disrepair ruination dilapidation rust waste ruin dally dilapidate go to rack and ruin run to waste go to waste
13 灾难性
fatal catastrophic disastrous fateful cataclysmic calamitous fatally catastrophically disastrously
14 耗资巨大的
15 没落的
16 招致毁灭
17 破坏性的
lethal fatal pernicious destructive disruptive wasteful wrecking wasting baleful pestilent slaughterous
18 破旧的
raggy mangy scruffy shabby mean antique ragged derelict tattered creaky ratty beat-up threadbare broken-down raggedy shacky daggy warby raggedy-ass worn out in rags down at heel
20 毁坏
broken-down shent demolition havoc devastation deformation rack break destroy blast demolish puncture ravage unmake infract make havoc of play havoc with wreak havoc on derelict dilapidated decrepit crash sack massacre breakage ruination per- dilapidate queer injure poison flaw undo mar devastate butcher sabotage bugger euchre deflower vulgarize unbuild asperse eat cook waste ruin lay waste to waste
21 毁灭性的
fatal devastating fell crushing withering consumptive slaughterous catastrophic suicidal shattering terminal destructive
23 破败不堪的
25 没落
reduced ruined downfallen labefaction fall reduction ruin breakdown descent downfall sinking falling ruination comedown falling-off ebb dwine go to pot waney ruinate drop setting shadow downcast reduce sink
26 衰颓
27 有害的
bad harmful detrimental contagious hurtful mischievous ill noxious scathing pernicious malign deleterious injurious prejudicial inimical baleful maleficent noisome pestilential