来自拉丁语 ruina,倒塌,毁坏,来自 ruere,倒塌,崩塌,来自 PIE*reue,击,打,撕开,词源 同 rag,rough.字母 g 脱落,比较 regulate,rule.
英语词源
ruin
ruin: [14] If something is ruined, etymologically it has simply ‘fallen down’. The word’s ultimate ancestor is Latin ruere ‘fall, crumble’ (source also of English congruent). From it was derived the noun ruīna ‘fall’, which passed into English via Old French ruine. => congruent
ruin (n.)
late 14c., "act of giving way and falling down," from Old French ruine "a collapse" (14c.), and directly from Latin ruina "a collapse, a rushing down, a tumbling down" (source also of Spanish ruina, Italian rovina), related to ruere "to rush, fall violently, collapse," from PIE *reue- (2) "to smash, knock down, tear out, dig up" (see rough (adj.)). Meaning "complete destruction of anything" is from 1670s. Ruins "remains of a decayed building or town" is from mid-15c.; the same sense was in the Latin plural noun.
ruin (v.)
1580s (transitive), from ruin (n.). Intransitive sense "fall into ruin" is from c. 1600. Financial sense is attested from 1660. Related: Ruined; ruining.
权威例句
1. She wasn't going to let her plans go to ruin.
她不会让她的计划破产的。
2. "But we might ruin the stove." — "Who cares?"
“可我们会把炉子弄坏的!”——“我才不在乎呢!”
3. We looked out upon a scene of desolation and ruin.
【destroy, harm, ruin, damage】
这组词都有“破坏”的意思,其区别是:
destroy: 指十分彻底的毁坏,破坏。如:The whole city was destroyed in the earthquake.( 地震中整个城市被毁了。)
harm: 多指带来悲痛,产生恶果的伤害,可以是肉体的也可是精神的。如:Doctors say smoking harms our health.(医生说吸烟对身体有害。)
ruin: 为正式用词,强调由于自然力或时间的作用而逐渐损坏,用于比喻时也指彻底毁坏名声,期望等。如:She poured water all over my painting and ruined it. (她把水倒在画上,把它毁了。)另外,ruin的复数形式ruins表“废墟”。
damage: 一般指部分性的破坏,含可修复使用。