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

• It would be a foolish, not to say ruinous, step to take at this time.
  这个时候如此做法是愚蠢的，简直是灾难性的。
• Malaria is certainly a ruinous problem for Sub-Saharan Africa.
  疟疾对于撒哈拉以南非洲地区肯定是一个灾难性的问题。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• The cost will be ruinous.
  花费之多将是灾难性的。
• Strikingly, he did not indulge in the ruinous relativism that had led to so many abuses in Africa passing unrebuked in the continent.
  更引人注目的是，他没有让自己沉溺于破坏力巨大的相对主义（导致了新种族主义，编者注）。相对主义在非洲大陆导致了大量任意妄为，它们甚至没有受到责难。
• 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。
• 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。