to destroy or severely damage something 毁灭；毁坏 | You’ ll completely ruin the flowers if you touch them. 如果你碰到这些花，你就会彻底毁了它们。 |
| Any kind of dishonest dealing will ruin his career. 任何不诚实的交易都会毁了他的事业。 |
| She had ruined her mother’ s chances of getting a job. 她毁掉了她母亲的就业机会。 |
| | a | to spoil something 搞砸；破坏 | | They didn’ t want to be accused of ruining everyone’ s fun. 他们不愿被人说成是扫了大家的兴致。 | |
| | b | to make someone lose all their money or power 使破产；使垮台；使失势 | | It was a scandal that totally ruined the company. 一桩丑闻彻底毁了这家公司。 | |