核心畫面
One picture runs through all of ruin: something good gets broken down so badly it can't be put back — a building collapses into , a life or a fortune falls apart. The verb is the act of breaking it; the noun is either the wreck left behind or the state of being wrecked.
ruin 從頭到尾都是同一個畫面：一樣本來好好的東西被「弄垮」、壞到接不回來——建物塌成一堆瓦礫，一個人的人生或財產…更多收起
ruin 從頭到尾都是同一個畫面：一樣本來好好的東西被「弄垮」、壞到接不回來——建物塌成一堆瓦礫，一個人的人生或財產一下子崩掉。可以想成動詞是「把它弄垮」這個動作，名詞則是垮掉之後剩下的殘骸、或是「被弄垮」這個狀態。原始詞典資料17 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
ruinnoun/ˈɹuː.ɪn/
- 1
The remains of a destroyed or dilapidated construction, such as a house or castle.
- The Veian and the Gabian towirs shall fall, / And one promiscuous ruin cover all; / Nor, after length of years, a stone betray / The place where once the very ruins lay.
- The labour of a day will not build up a virtuous habit on the ruins of an old and vicious character.
- 2
The state of being a ruin, destroyed or decayed.
- The monastery has fallen into ruin.
- 3
Something that leads to serious trouble or destruction.
- Gambling has been the ruin of many.
- The errors of young men are the ruin of business.
- 4
The act of ruining something.
- 5
obsoleteA fall or tumble.
- His ruin startled th’ other steeds.
- 6
A change that destroys or defeats something; destruction; overthrow.
- the ruin of a ship or an army
- the ruin of a constitution or a government
- 7
Complete financial loss; bankruptcy.
ruinverb/ˈɹuː.ɪn/
- 1
To cause the fiscal ruin of; to bankrupt or drive out of business.
- With all these purchases, you surely mean to ruin us!
- In one way, indeed, he bade fair to ruin us; for he kept on staying week after week, and at last month after month, so that all the money had been long exhausted...
- 2
To destroy or render something no longer usable or operable.
- He ruined his new white slacks by accidentally spilling oil on them.
- 3
To destroy (e.g. a city) so as to leave ruins.
- By the fireside there are old men seated, / Seeing ruined cities in the ashes.
- 4
To upset or overturn the plans or progress of, or to have a disastrous effect on something.
- My car breaking down just as I was on the road ruined my vacation.
- 5
To make something less enjoyable or likeable.
- I used to love that song, but being assaulted when that song was playing ruined the song for me.
- 6
BDSMlifestylesexualityTo make (someone) have a ruined orgasm.
- 7
To reveal the ending of (a story); to spoil.
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obsoleteTo fall into a state of decay.
- Though he his house of polisht marble build, / Yet shall it ruine like the Moth's fraile cell
另外 1 個記錄的用法
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historicalTo seduce or debauch, and thus harm the social standing of.
- The young libertine was notorious for ruining local girls.
這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形：
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。