| 词汇 | ruinous |
| 释义 | ruinous adjective formaluk /ˈruː.ɪ.nəs/ us /ˈruː.ə.nəs/ causing great harm and destruction: 毁灭性的，破坏性的，灾难性的 ten ruinous years of war灾难性的10年 Dangerous and harmful adverse adverse conditions adverse effect adverse publicity adverse reaction deleteriously destabilizing destructive destructively destructiveness inimical inimically injurious injuriously insidious self-destruction self-destructive stinking thinking toxicity treacherously Related wordruinously ruinous | American Dictionaryruinous adjective[ not gradable ] us/ˈru·ɪ·nəs/ causing permanent and severe harm: ruinous costs ruinous | Business Englishruinous adjective uk /ˈruːɪnəs/us causing great harm or destruction: The bank had capital to spare, which they lost in a series of ruinous takeovers. be ruinous to sthThe proposed bill is ruinous to the home building industry. ruinouslyadverb It is ruinously expensive for local e-commerce companies to accept credit cards online. Examples of ruinousruinous This benefits employers unable or reluctant to lower wages in response to disruptive and sometimes ruinous price reductions and lowprice competitive entry. Sodomites were 'devils in human shape', respectable on the outside but ruinous within. She was forced to marry a second time; and she was forced into a ruinous match. At least half of all opium users took it in excess with ruinous effects on their health, their morals and their finances. The ruinous setting suggests the pleasures of tasteful disintegration and ornamental decay, the conventional objects of the eighteenth-century antiquarian imagination. The shell subsequently disintegrated into a ruinous and dangerous state. They were powerless to stop incidents of corruption and were unable to stop potentially ruinous material finding its way - via the trustees - into the structure. It was occupied by a pair of industrial sheds in a ruinous state which most architects and developers would have demolished without a second thought. What is striking about this painting is the contrast between the youthful and beautiful sibyl set against a middle ground of ageing and ruinous buildings. A complaint to an outside agency, the media, or an animal rights organization could have even more ruinous consequences. And if caught somewhere in the middle, does the practitioner adopt a self-serving course of action aimed at deflecting a ruinous lawsuit rather than benefiting either "patient"? Alas, this too proved to be a company in ruinous financial position. If, on the other hand, the friend came to see just how ruinous that decision would be, then she would not have the power to choose it. Overbuilding in any century is ruinous. That continued and perpetual uncertainty is ruinous to the trade of this country. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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