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ruin²
n
1 [U] a situation in which something is damaged, spoiled, or destroyed 毁坏，毁灭，崩溃:
fall into ruin (=become in a very bad condition) 变得很糟糕: The old barn has fallen into ruin. 这个旧谷仓已经破败不堪了。
2 be in ruins to be badly damaged 被严重毁坏:
The country's economy is in ruins. 这个国家的经济崩溃了。
3 [U] a situation in which someone loses their social position or money, especially because of a business failure 〔尤指生意失败所致的地位等的〕丧失; 破产:
financial ruin 破产
4 [C] also 又作 ruins [plural 复数] the part of a building that is left after the rest has been destroyed 倒塌的建筑物，废墟:
the ruins of the Artemis temple 亚特密丝神庙的废墟
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