ruinous

英 ['ruːɪnəs] 美['ruɪnəs]
  • adj. 破坏性的,毁灭性的;零落的

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副词: ruinously;

英英释意


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"

英文词源


ruinous (adj.)
late 14c., "going to ruin," from Old French ruinos (Modern French ruineux) or directly from Latin ruinosus "tumbling down, going to ruin," from ruina (see ruin (n.)). Meaning "causing ruin" is from mid-15c. Related: Ruinously.

考试真题


The Big Three American carmakers—General Motors, Ford and Chrysler—accumulated ruinous costs over the post-war years, such as gold-plated health plans and pensions for workers who retired as young as 48.

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The Big Three American carmakers need restructuring to survive because they cannot cope with the ruinous costs accumulated over the post-war years.

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they cannot cope with the ruinous costs accumulated over the post-war years.

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实用场景例句


ruinous legal fees
巨额法律费用

牛津词典

The decision was to prove ruinous.
后来证明这个决定造成了极大的危害。

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a ruinous chapel
已成废墟的小教堂

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The buildings were in a ruinous state.
这些建筑破烂不堪。

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ruinously expensive
贵得无法承受

牛津词典

Many Britons will still fear the potentially ruinous costs of their legal system.
很多英国人仍然会对其司法体系可能产生的高昂费用表示担忧。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

The economy of the state is experiencing the ruinous effects of the conflict.
这个国家的经济正受到这次冲突的毁灭性影响。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

For newspapers, magazines and television programmes , with their high fixed costs, such fluctuations would be ruinous.
这样的起伏波动,对于像报纸, 杂志及电视这样高成本的媒介来说, 是致命的.

期刊摘选

And in the long run it brings ruinous consequences to the whole community.
而且就长期而言,它会给整个社会造成破坏性后果.

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More often it was impatience that was ruinous.
但更多时候误事的原因是他的性子太急.

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They took a ruinous expenditure on the house.
他们为了那所房子倾家荡产.

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Herbicide in railway bed often caused the accident pollution in the Itis indirect, sudden and ruinous.
铁路路基施除草剂对农田造成的药害污染一般为间接的 、 突发的、毁灭性的.

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These are the five Besetting sins of a general , ruinous to the conduct of war.
凡此五者,将之过也, 用兵之灾也.

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The cost will be ruinous.
花费之多将是灾难性的.

辞典例句

There was no use selling at ruinous figures.
以亏本太大的价格出卖是无济于事的.

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And the one with Iraq was even more ruinous.
和一个与伊拉克更是毁灭性的.

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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.

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The house was in a ruinous condition.
房子倾圮了.

《简明英汉词典》

Few of the men she saw seemed worth a ruinous expenditure.
她觉得,她认识的男子中,很少有值得她倾心相爱的.

辞典例句

He went to the money lenders and borrowed on ruinous terms.
他去跟放高利贷的人借钱,订了使他破产的契约.

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The prices in that restaurant are absolutely ruinous.
那家饭馆的价钱贵得能把人坑死.

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At the same time, technical invention ruinous weapon!
同时, 科技发明毁灭性武器!

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These alternatives may also prevent adverse publicity, which could be ruinous to a business.
这种可供选择的机会同样会预防不利的可能会给公司带来灾难的流言.

期刊摘选

The economy of the state is experiencing the ruinous effects of the conflict.
这个国家的经济正受到这次冲突的毁灭性影响。

辞典例句

The decision was to prove ruinous.
后来证明这个决定造成了极大的危害。

《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》

Many Britons will still fear the potentially ruinous costs of their legal system.
很多英国人仍然会对其司法体系可能产生的高昂费用表示担忧。

柯林斯例句

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。

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