ruining
present participle ofruin
| 单词 | ruining |
| 释义 | ruining present participle ofruin ruin verb[T] uk/ˈruː.ɪn/us/ˈruː.ɪn/B2 tospoilordestroysomethingcompletely: Hugemodernhotelshave ruined thisonceunspoiltcoastline. Herinjuryruined herchancesofwinningtherace. to spoil something
tocauseapersonorcompanytolosealltheirmoneyortheirgoodreputation: Cheapimportedgoodsare ruining manybusinesses. If there's ascandalI'll be ruined!
Destroying and demolishing
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Damaging reputation Examplesofruiningruining In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. The finance 2 system was literallyruiningthe soil. From theCambridge English Corpus This of course drives up the variance of the entire strategy, possiblyruiningthe usefulness of the result. From theCambridge English Corpus Reports of attacks on crops took two key forms: either deliberate trampling or the letting of animals into the field, therebyruiningthe crop. From theCambridge English Corpus It is certainly true thatruiningdinner inadvertently is not an exercise of power. From theCambridge English Corpus Do not go out onto the streets at their behest and riskruiningyourselves (sharbonash). From theCambridge English Corpus To tell you the truth, it freed me of the nightmare that wasruiningmy health. From theCambridge English Corpus The challenge of the architectural competition was to do this withoutruiningthe gardens or introducing an obtrusively brash or commercial building. From theCambridge English Corpus Pairs of points that cannot occur in reverse order withoutruiningthe computation, have been shown by dashed lines. From theCambridge English Corpus There is no question of turning them out into coverts, or of theirruiningcrops, or anything of that kind. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It will take surpluses off the market; it will enable farmers to organise and prevent temporary gluts fromruiningthe market. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It is certainly a cause for anxiety on everybody's part if people are in danger ofruiningthemselves by gambling. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 This walking money all this time has been denuding andruiningthis particular country. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 They say nothing against horse racing, which isruininghundreds and thousands of our people. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 There may be a sharpening of wits, but there is aruiningof character. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Some kinds of gambling, although not all, are discouraged, and we are stopped by taxes fromruiningour teeth. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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