ruin

'ru:in 1. noun

1) (a broken, collapsed or decayed state: the ruin of a city.) ødeleggelse, ruin

2) (a cause of collapse, decay etc: Drink was his ruin.) undergang, ruin

3) (financial disaster; complete loss of money: The company is facing ruin.) ruin, undergang

2. verb

1) (to cause ruin to: The scandal ruined his career.) ødelegge, ruinere

2) (to spoil; to treat too indulgently: You are ruining that child!) skjemme bort, ødelegge

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- ruination

- ruined
- ruins
- in ruins

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subst. \/ˈruːɪn\/

1) ruin(er)

• the house had been empty for years and was going to rack and ruins

huset hadde vært tomt i flere år og var nær ved å falle sammen

2) (overført) ødeleggelse, undergang, fall, ruin

• the ruin of all my hopes

slutten på mine drømmer

• it will be the ruin of us

dette er slutten på alt

3) økonomisk ruin, konkurs

4) (overført) vrak, ruin

• he is only a ruin of what he was

han er bare en skygge av seg selv

be\/lie in ruins ligge i ruiner

blue ruin (slang) den rene elendighet, bare sorgen dårlig gin

bring ruin on bringe ulykke over, ruinere

bring to ruin ruinere, styrte i avgrunnen

fall into ruins falle i grus, falle i ruiner, forfalle

in ruins i ruiner (overført) i grus, ødelagt

• his dream was in ruins

drømmen hans ble lagt i grus

mother's ruin (britisk, gammeldags, spøkefullt) gin

run to ruin eller run to earth eller run to seed eller run to waste gå under

work great ruin forårsake stor skade

• the storm had worked great ruin

stormen hadde forårsaket stor skade

work somebody's ruin\/fall føre til noens fall\/ulykke

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verb \/ˈruːɪn\/

1) knuse, ruinere, bli ruinert

• his gambling will ruin him

gamblingen kommer til å bli hans undergang

2) skade, ødelegge, spolere

• the rain ruined her hat

hatten hennes ble ødelagt av regnet

3) svike

• she was ruined by her husband

hun ble sveket av mannen sin

4) skjemme bort (barn)

ruin someone's hopes knuse håpet til noen