ruin的意思|ruin的解释-里氏词典

Ruin \Ru"in\, n. [OE. ruine, F. ruine, fr. L. ruina, fr. ruere,
rutum, to fall with violence, to rush or tumble down.]
1. The act of falling or tumbling down; fall. [Obs.] ``His
ruin startled the other steeds.'' --Chapman.

2. Such a change of anything as destroys it, or entirely
defeats its object, or unfits it for use; destruction;
overthrow; as, the ruin of a ship or an army; the ruin of
a constitution or a government; the ruin of health or
hopes. ``Ruin seize thee, ruthless king!'' --Gray.

3. That which is fallen down and become worthless from injury
or decay; as, his mind is a ruin; especially, in the
plural, the remains of a destroyed, dilapidated, or
desolate house, fortress, city, or the like.

The Veian and the Gabian towers shall fall,
And one promiscuous ruin cover all;
Nor, after length of years, a stone betray
The place where once the very ruins lay. --Addison.

The labor of a day will not build up a virtuous
habit on the ruins of an old and vicious character.
--Buckminster.

4. The state of being dcayed, or of having become ruined or
worthless; as, to be in ruins; to go to ruin.

5. That which promotes injury, decay, or destruction.

The errors of young men are the ruin of business.
--Bacon.

Syn: Destruction; downfall; perdition; fall; overthrow;
subversion; defeat; bane; pest; mischief.

Ruin \Ru"in\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Ruined};p. pr. & vb. n.
{Ruining}.] [Cf. F. ruiner, LL. ruinare. See {Ruin}, n.]
To bring to ruin; to cause to fall to pieces and decay; to
make to perish; to bring to destruction; to bring to poverty
or bankruptcy; to impair seriously; to damage essentially; to
overthrow.

this mortal house I'll ruin. --Shak.

By thee raised, I ruin all my foes. --Milton.

The eyes of other people are the eyes that ruin us.
--Franklin.

By the fireside there are old men seated,
Seeling ruined cities in the ashes. --Longfellow.

Ruin \Ru"in\, v. i.
To fall to ruins; to go to ruin; to become decayed or
dilapidated; to perish. [R.]

Though he his house of polished marble build,
Yet shall it ruin like the moth's frail cell. --Sandys.

If we are idle, and disturb the industrious in their
business, we shall ruin the faster. --Locke.

This makes all peripherals miserable, and promises to ruin their lives.
The bright, painted houses the Germans leave behind either fall into ruin or are taken by a fast-growing Gypsy population that adds a new element to Transylvania's ethnic mix.
This means that, last year, almost 37,000 people met financial ruin. They may feel that their retirement provision at least is protected securely through their pension.
If a recession should occur it could ruin some overleveraged companies and destroy values in pension funds, stocks, mutual funds and college endowments.
Eisenhower and Taft knew that ensuring harmony between America's ambitions and its resources is a moral imperative because states that tolerate a persistent imbalance between the ends and means of policy run the risk of national ruin.
No matter how important the abortion issue is to those caught up in it, the tactic in Idaho threatened to ruin the livelihoods, if not the lives, of potato farmers.
He says a loud dealership pitch would ruin the effect of the national ad, which quietly promotes Buick's heritage and ends with an invitation to sit back and enjoy the movie.
Former Party secretary Emil Bobu will be tried on charges of bringing economic ruin on Romania and aiding genocide in the killing of thousands during the December uprising.
Jewish cultural societies in the state were near economic ruin after the January 1988 death of former Jewish leader Werner Nachmann.
Nor, despite what I thought at the time, was Jackie in a position to ruin my career.
He was convicted of overselling and misrepresenting time share units at Heritage USA, as well as squeezing pay raises and other perks out of the PTL board when the ministry was headed for financial ruin.
A day after his testimony, he announced it was being sold to avert financial ruin.
More broadly, OSI is the target of suits by scientists who charge it can ruin careers without any due process.
As the last survivor among World War II-era leaders, he saw his nation progress from ruin to riches. At age 87.
Buthelezi says socialism will ruin South Africa and only free enterprise cas a popular getaway for the Hollywood film community.
Attorneys trace the bankruptcy boom to that reform, which in many cases has been exploited by large, financially solvent companies facing potential ruin, not necessarily because of pressure from lenders.
The characters take on a life of their own, and we don't want to ruin the illusion."
The Soviet Union's ambassador in Afghanistan today said the Geneva agreement leading to the withdrawal of Soviet soldiers from the war-torn country was near ruin, and he called for a new international debate on it.
This blazingly hot metropolis may seem a strange forum for a debate about who should pay for the financial ruin caused by two nuclear-power projects in the cool Pacific Northwest.
Lending is risky because you don't know if the person will disappear tomorrow or whether new legislation will come along to ruin the project.' The money in correspondent accounts partly services the needs of Russian companies which trade with the west.
The move followed a warning from President Mikhail S. Gorbachev that stoppages could ruin the economy and lead to anarchy.
Ortega suffers a stunning upset at the hands of a nation weary of war and financial ruin, the latter caused in part by U.S. economic embargo.
Jordan's lawyer, James Sayer, argued Wednesday that police applied a subjective standard in finding that Jordan was trying to ruin the test results and had no right to take his license.
I won't ruin this terrific gag by telling you what happens next.
It also charged Kuwait was trying to ruin Baghdad's economy by producing more than its OPEC quota of oil, pushing down world market prices.
Continuing the apparent link between political generosity and ultimate financial ruin, the collapsed conglomerate, British & Commonwealth, was the first to take the democratic plunge.
The church's ruin is a poignant symbol of post-war Berlin with its uncomfortable blend of pompous old and badly dated modern. Alas, the old 'Romanischen' was destroyed in the war.
They found it in Leavenworth, Wash., a little town in the Cascade Range that adopted a Bavarian alpine theme in 1966 when it, too, was on the edge of ruin.
Havel "doesn't see this too well because his pet theory is that politicians have brought the world to ruin," Mlynar said.
Till I ruin the shot.

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