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
If one law is changed, then people will later want to change other laws.
要是变更了一条法律,那么人们还会要变更别的法律的。
It must have been a gas that could burn but that would not explode, a gas that did not smell strong, and a gas that did not kill people.
它一定是一种能够燃烧而不能爆炸的气体,一种味道不很强的而且不使人致死的气体。
On one hand, I was anxious to leave.
一方面,我急于离开山洞。
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