ruin是一个雅思常考词汇，这个词的常用解释为v. 毁灭； (使) 破产n. 毁灭， 崩溃； (pl. ) 废墟，这个词在很多英文原版小说中怎么应用呢，今天小编就带您了解一下。
在儒勒·凡尔纳的《海底两万里》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- "Well, Ned, watch for the opportunity; but do not forget that a hitch will ruin us."
-- One would have thought it a ruin buried under a coating of white shells, much resembling a covering of snow.
在赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯的《时间机器》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- "Well, one very hot morning my fourth, I think as I was seeking shelter from the heat and glare in a colossal ruin near the great house where I slept and fed, there happened this strange thing.
-- At last, however, I got over the well-mouth somehow, and staggered out of the ruin into the blinding sunlight.
在罗伯特·路易斯·史蒂文森的《金银岛》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- In one way, indeed, he bade fair to ruin us, for he kept on staying week after week, and at last month after month, so that all the money had been long exhausted, and still my father never plucked up the heart to insist on having more.
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