Tra từ ruin - Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

ruin [ruin ruins ruined ruining] verb, noun BrE [ˈruːɪn] NAmE [ˈruːɪn]
verb
1. ~ sth to damage sth so badly that it loses all its value, pleasure, etc; to spoil sth
Syn: ↑wreck
• The bad weather ruined our trip.
• That one mistake ruined his chances of getting the job.
•My new shoes got ruined in the mud.
•The crops were ruined by the late frost.
2. ~ sb/sth to make sb/sth lose all their money, their position, etc
• If she loses the court case it will ruin her.
• The country was ruined by the war.
Verb forms:

Word Origin:
Middle English (in the sense ‘collapse of a building’): from Old French ruine, from Latin ruina, from ruere ‘to fall’.

Thesaurus:
ruin verb T
•The bad weather ruined our trip.
spoil • • wreck • • mar •
ruin/spoil/wreck sth for sb
ruin/spoil/wreck/mar sb's career
ruin/spoil/wreck things/everything
ruin/spoil/wreck sb's plans/day/life/chances
ruin/wreck sb's health/sb's marriage/the economy
Ruin or spoil? Ruin is stronger than spoil. If sth is ruined it is completely spoiled. If sth is spoiled it may just be less good than it should be.

Example Bank:
•A knee injury threatened to ruin her Olympic hopes.
•All this mud is going to ruin my shoes.
•The experience has completely ruined her life.
•The long legal battle ruined him financially.
•My shoes got totally ruined in the mud.
•She's ruined everything.
•That one mistake ruined my chances of getting the job.
•The bad weather completely ruined our trip.
•The crop that year was ruined by drought.
•They accused the government of ruining the economy.
•Years of drinking had ruined his health.
•You've ruined my whole life!
Idiom: ↑in ruins

noun
1. uncountable the state or process of being destroyed or severely damaged
• A large number of churches fell into ruin after the revolution.
• The house had been left to go to ruin.
•The terrorist attack had left the city in a state of ruin
2. uncountable the fact of having no money, of having lost your job, position, etc
• The divorce ultimately led to his ruin.
• The bank stepped in to save the company from financial ruin.
•The war brought the country to the brink of ruin.
3. singular something that causes a person, company, etc. to lose all their money, job, position, etc.
Syn: ↑downfall
•Gambling was his ruin.
4. countable (also ruinsplural)the parts of a building that remain after it has been destroyed or severely damaged
• The old mill is now little more than a ruin.
• We visited the ruins of a Norman castle.
•Two bodies were found among the charred ruins of the house.
• (figurative)He was determined to build a new life out of the ruins of his career.
more at go to rack and ruin at ↑rack _n.

Word Origin:
Middle English (in the sense ‘collapse of a building’): from Old French ruine, from Latin ruina, from ruere ‘to fall’.

Thesaurus:
ruin noun C (also ruins pl.)
•the ruins of a Norman castle
remains • • wreckage • • rubble • • debris • • wreck •
the ruins/remains/wreckage/wreck of a building/vehicle, etc.
in/amid/among/amongst the ruins/remains/wreckage/wreck a building/vehicle, etc.
ancient/Roman ruins/remains
reduce sth to ruins/rubble

Example Bank:
•Drinking has been the ruin of her.
•He's on the road to political ruin.
•The church now lies in ruins.
•The company faces ruin over the new road plans.
•The cost would have meant financial ruin for us.
•The cottage gradually fell into ruin.
•The earthquake left the town in ruins.
•They've let the house go to rack and ruin.
•the ancient ruins of Jericho
•the charred ruins of their home
•He said that the plan would be the ruin of European agriculture.
•It is perhaps the best preserved monastic ruin in the country.