The car accident meant the ruin of all her hopes.
這場撞車事故使她的一切希望都徹底破滅了。
They let the palace fall into ruin.
他們聽任那座宮殿淪爲一片廢墟。
Many companies are on the edge/brink/verge of ruin.
很多公司瀕臨破産。
Alcohol was my ruin (= the thing that spoiled my life)
酒毀掉了我的一生。
We visited a Roman ruin.
我們遊覽了一處古羅馬遺址。
the ruins of the ancient city of Carthage
迦太基古城遺址
The town lay in ruins after years of bombing.
數年的轟炸已把這座城鎮變成一片廢墟。
The economy was in ruins after the war.
戰後經濟完全陷於崩潰之中。