ruinous

英 [ˈruːɪnəs]

美 [ˈruːɪnəs]

adj.  耗资巨大的; 无法承担的; 破坏性的; 导致严重问题的; 灾难性的; 破败的; 严重受损的; 已成废墟的

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BNC.19475 / COCA.21114

牛津词典

adj.

• 耗资巨大的；无法承担的
  costing a lot of money and more than you can afford
  1. ruinous legal fees
     巨额法律费用
• 破坏性的；导致严重问题的；灾难性的
  causing serious problems or damage
  1. The decision was to prove ruinous.
     后来证明这个决定造成了极大的危害。
• 破败的；严重受损的；已成废墟的
  destroyed or severely damaged
  1. a ruinous chapel
     已成废墟的小教堂
  2. The buildings were in a ruinous state.
     这些建筑破烂不堪。

柯林斯词典

• ADJ (花费等)极其昂贵的，贵得离谱的
  If you describe the cost of something asruinous, you mean that it costs far more money than you can afford or than is reasonable.
  1. 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。
• ADJ-GRADED 毁灭性的;导致毁灭的
  Aruinousprocess or course of action is one that is likely to lead to ruin.
  1. 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。

英英释义

adj

• causing injury or blight
  1. the blasting effects of the intense cold on the budding fruit
  2. the blasting force of the wind blowing sharp needles of sleet in our faces
  3. a ruinous war
  Synonym:blasting
• extremely harmful
  1. a catastrophic depression
  2. catastrophic illness
  3. a ruinous course of action
  Synonym:catastrophic

双语例句

• The 1933 Glass-Steagall act finally banned all payments on demand deposits by most American banks to forestall ruinous competition.
  后来，1933年的《格拉斯-斯蒂格尔法案》（Glass-SteagallAct）禁止大部分美国银行支付活期存款利息，以防范破坏性的竞争。
• The practice, environmentalists say, also leads to the introduction of invasive species, with potentially ruinous results.
  环保人士称，这种做法还导致一些侵入性物种的引入，而这可能会导致毁灭性的后果。
• China bought your ruinous debt.
  中国买了你们那些烂债。
• Also only then in front of the so ruinous plague disaster, we can appreciate the life profoundly precious.
  也只有在如此毁灭性的大灾大难面前，我们才能这般深刻地体味到生命的宝贵。
• After the exposure of the scandal, his prestige suffered a sudden ruinous decline.
  丑闻暴露后，他的威信一落千丈。
• They have been ruinous for the people whose homes and businesses have been damaged and destroyed.
  一些人的住宅和公司也遭到了损毁，这对于他们来说是灾难性的。
• Governments will be forced to choose between economically ruinous tax rises and politically impossible benefit cuts.
  政府将被迫做出抉择：一方面是在经济上具有破坏作用的加税，另一方面是政治上不可行的削减福利。
• The faculty of inventing false doctrine is ruinous, but power to see the truth is a blessing.
  编造虚假教义的能力是有害的，但能洞察真理的能力却是个祝福。
• Any attempt to disturb or destroy these compromises, being terms of the compact of union, can lead to none other than the most ruinous and disastrous consequences.
  任何试图扰乱和破坏这些作为联邦契约条件的妥协，必会导致最具毁坏性和灾难性的后果。
• A catastrophic depression; catastrophic illness; a ruinous course of action.
  灾难性的经济萧条；灾难性的疾病；毁灭性的行动方针。