When we call a building ruined, we mean it has been broken so badly that people cannot really use it any more. Some walls may still stand, but the roof is gone, the inside is empty, and the whole thing is falling down.

When we call a building ruined當我們說一棟建築物ruined, we mean it has been broken so badly意思是它已經壞到 that people cannot really use it any more人們已經沒辦法真的再使用它. Some walls may still stand有些牆可能還立著, but the roof is gone但屋頂已經沒了, the inside is empty裡面是空的, and the whole thing is falling down整棟都在崩塌

You will see this on old castles, houses after a fire, or temples nobody has looked after for years.

You will see this on old castles你會在老城堡上看到這種情況, houses after a fire火災後的房子, or temples nobody has looked after for years或是好幾年沒人照顧的廟

It is more than “old” and less than “gone”: the building is still there as a shape, but it is almost completely destroyed.

It is more than "old"這比「舊」更嚴重 and less than "gone"但還沒到「消失」的程度: the building is still there as a shape建築物的形狀還在, but it is almost completely destroyed但幾乎已經完全毀壞

Photographers and travel writers like the word; in ordinary talk people also say the place is in ruins, or just “knocked down.” English stretches ruined to other losses too (“the rain ruined our picnic”), but that is a looser use. This sense is about the building.

Photographers and travel writers like the word攝影師和旅遊作家喜歡用這個詞; in ordinary talk people also say the place is in ruins, or just "knocked down."日常說法也會說這地方in ruins（成了廢墟），或直接說「knocked down」（被拆了） English stretches ruined to other losses too ("the rain ruined our picnic")英文也把ruined用到其他損失上，像「the rain ruined our picnic」（雨毀了我們的野餐）, but that is a looser use但那是比較鬆散的用法. This sense is about the building這個意思是專門講建築物的