Ruinous
[ 'ruɪnəs ]
其它 Other
adj. <书> 耗资巨大的;无法承担的;破坏性的;导致严重问题的;
💡 词根助记
ruin毁坏 + ous...的 → adj. 破坏性的,毁灭性的;零落的
📝 例句
The decision was to prove ruinous.
后来证明这个决定造成了极大的危害。
📖 牛津释义
ruinous
adj
bringing (esp financial) ruin 带来巨大损失的(尤指财务上)
ruinous expenditure 倾家荡产的花费
(joc 谑) The prices in that restaurant are absolutely ruinous. 那家饭馆的价钱贵得能把人坑死. ruinously adv
a ruinously expensive meal, restaurant, coat 价钱贵得令人咋舌的饭食、 餐馆、 大衣.
🔁 扩展释义
*['ruinәs]a. 破坏性的, 招致毁灭的
📖 同为「核心」词汇
feign
vt. 假装,伪装;捏造(借口、理由等);装作;创造或虚构;
vi. 假装;装作;作假;佯作;
debris
n. 碎片,残骸;残渣;[地]岩屑;垃圾,破片;
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🗣️ 情景例句
You just don't consider anyone but yourself.
你除了自己外从不为别人考虑。
By 1840 about 2,000 Europeans, mainly British, had come to settle in New Zealand and the Maori signed an agreement with these settlers.
截止1840年已有约2,000名欧洲人,其中大部分是英国人,到新西兰定居,毛利人与这些移居者签订了一个协议。
Where he made mistakes, he admitted these willingly.
无论在哪里犯了错误,他都乐于承认。
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