廢墟;遺跡;斷壁殘?jiān)?/div>
The ruins of a building are the parts of it that remain after the rest has fallen down or been destroyed.
例句
One dead child was found in the ruins almost two hours after the explosion...
爆炸發(fā)生將近兩個(gè)小時(shí)以后，在廢墟中發(fā)現(xiàn)了一個(gè)已經(jīng)死亡的小孩。
There's only the mountain in this direction, and higher up an old ruin, an abandoned castle.
從這個(gè)方向望去只看得到這座山，以及更高處的一處廢墟，一座廢棄的城堡。
PHRASE
完全崩潰;垮掉;破敗不堪
If something is in ruins, it is completely spoiled.
例句
Its heavily-subsidized economy is in ruins...
其靠資助維持的經(jīng)濟(jì)已經(jīng)完全崩潰了。
This country was once proud of its education system. Now it seems to be in ruins.
這個(gè)國(guó)家曾一度為其教育體系感到自豪。但現(xiàn)在它似乎已經(jīng)千瘡百孔了。
PHRASE
一片廢墟;滿目瘡痍
If a building or place is in ruins, most of it has been destroyed and only parts of it remain.
例句
The abbey was in ruins...
這個(gè)修道院已經(jīng)成了一片廢墟。
Within Germany, the city of Berlin lay in ruins.
在德國(guó)，柏林市已經(jīng)滿目瘡痍。
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