ruinous

形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Causing ruin; destructive, calamitous.
  2. Extremely costly; so expensive as to cause financial ruin.
    — They were forced to completely replace the roof at ruinous expense.
  3. Characterized by ruin; ruined; dilapidated; as, an edifice, bridge, or wall in a ruinous state.

词形变化

more ruinous comparative most ruinous superlative

词汇关系

衍生词
ruinously ruinousness

词源

From Middle English ruynous, from Old French ruinos, ruineus, from Latin ruīnōsus. By surface analysis, ruin + -ous.
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