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词汇 ruinously
释义 ruinously
adverb
 formaluk /ˈruː.ɪ.nəs.li/ us /ˈruː.ə.nəs.li/
in a way that causes great harm: 毁灭性地
Having an accident without insurance can be ruinously expensive.在没有保险的情况下发生事故可能会非常昂贵。
ruinously high taxes超高税收
See
ruinous
It would be ruinously arrogant to believe that we can determine the future.
This has driven the price of oil exports to ruinously low levels.
As a child, George was indulged, perhaps ruinously.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

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

Examples of ruinously


ruinously
In these last mills labour is ruinously undisciplined.
Our green policies are probably unnecessary, certainly ineffectual and ruinously expensive.
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The public health services for the average family are ruinously expensive.
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Does he agree that maintaining and updating an independent nuclear deterrent is a greater example of lack of trust and is ruinously expensive?
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That sort of thinking made the costs of higher education ruinously high.
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Not only was public expenditure expanding ruinously, but crucial decisions on the economy and on industries in trouble had been dodged or postponed.
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For far too long the exchange rate was held above its proper level by ruinously high interest rates.
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Apart from the fact that the system, by becoming set and hidebound, was difficult to expand, it was ruinously expensive.
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Any other basis of transfer would be ruinously inflationary.
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The costs of vessels and gear are far too high, ruinously so.
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Given the escalating cost of that ruinously expensive project, will he now agree that we may have another debate on this issue?
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The tax for everybody who has to work is ruinously high.
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First, it is ruinously expensive.
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Will he also recognise that in a period such as the present, with ruinously high interest rates, the late payment of bills can mean the death of small firms?
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It is too ruinously expensive.
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