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ruiner

/roo-in/US // ˈru ɪn //UK // (ˈruːɪn) //

毁灭者,破坏者,毁坏者,废墟

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : ruins, the remains of a building, city, etc., that has been destroyed or that is in disrepair or a state of decay: We visited the ruins of ancient Greece.
    • : a destroyed or decayed building, town, etc.
    • : a fallen, wrecked, or decayed condition: The building fell to ruin.
    • : the downfall, decay, or destruction of anything.
    • : the complete loss of health, means, position, hope, or the like.
    • : something that causes a downfall or destruction; blight: Alcohol was his ruin.
    • : the downfall of a person; undoing: the ruin of Oedipus.
    • : a person as the wreck of his or her former self; ravaged individual.
    • : the act of causing destruction or a downfall.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to reduce to ruin; devastate.
    • : to bring to financial ruin; bankrupt.
    • : to damage, spoil, or injure irretrievably: Not only was the burned stew inedible, but I had absolutely ruined one of my favorite pots.
    • : to induce to surrender her virginity; deflower.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to fall into ruins; fall to pieces.
    • : to come to ruin.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Examples

  • I would not have kept mine; I would not have let the real ruiner of my uncle escape.

  • He is the enemy of conjugal love, and is the Jupiter of the Greeks, an iron-hearted tyrant, the ruiner of ancient Greece.