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词汇 ruinous
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ruinous

adjective
/ˈruːɪnəs/
/ˈruːɪnəs/
(formal)
  1. costing a lot of money and more than you can afford耗资巨大的;无法承担的
    • ruinous legal fees巨额法律费用
    • They were forced to sell out at a ruinous loss.他们被迫出售,损失惨重。
  2. causing serious problems or damage破坏性的;导致严重问题的;灾难性的 synonym devastating
    • The decision was to prove ruinous.后来证明这个决定造成了极大的损害。
    • Such action would be ruinous to her career.这样的行为将会对她的事业造成毁灭性的打击。
    • a ruinous mistake毁灭性的错误
  3. (of a town, building, etc.城镇、建筑等) destroyed or severely damaged破败的;严重受损的;已成废墟的
    • The buildings were in a ruinous state.这些建筑破烂不堪。
    • This part of the church is ruinous.教堂的这一部分是毁灭性的。
  4. 词源late Middle English (also in the sense ‘falling down’): from Latin ruinosus, from ruina, from ruere ‘to fall’.
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