ruinous

adj.

1. 耗资巨大的；无法承担的
   costing a lot of money and more than you can afford
   1. ruinous legal fees
      巨额法律费用
2. 破坏性的；导致严重问题的；灾难性的
   causing serious problems or damage
   1. The decision was to prove ruinous.
      后来证明这个决定造成了极大的危害。
3. 破败的；严重受损的；已成废墟的
   destroyed or severely damaged
   1. a ruinous chapel
      已成废墟的小教堂
   2. The buildings were in a ruinous state.
      这些建筑破烂不堪。

1. ADJ (花费等)极其昂贵的，贵得离谱的
   If you describe the cost of something as ruinous, you mean that it costs far more money than you can afford or than is reasonable.
   1. Many Britons will still fear the potentially ruinous costs of their legal system.
      很多英国人仍然会对其司法体系可能产生的高昂费用表示担忧。
2. ADJ-GRADED 毁灭性的;导致毁灭的
   A ruinous process or course of action is one that is likely to lead to ruin.
   1. The economy of the state is experiencing the ruinous effects of the conflict.
      这个国家的经济正受到这次冲突的毁灭性影响。

1. After a ruinous strike, the union caved in
   一场破坏性的罢工之后，工会突然服软了。
2. Many Britons will still fear the potentially ruinous costs of their legal system.
   很多英国人仍然会对其司法体系可能产生的高昂费用表示担忧。
3. The economy of the state is experiencing the ruinous effects of the conflict.
   这个国家的经济正受到这次冲突的毁灭性影响。
4. Any attempt to disturb or destroy these compromises, being terms of the compact of union, can lead to none other than the most ruinous and disastrous consequences.
   任何试图扰乱和破坏这些作为联邦契约条件的妥协，必会导致最具毁坏性和灾难性的后果。
5. The practice, environmentalists say, also leads to the introduction of invasive species, with potentially ruinous results.
   环保人士称，这种做法还导致一些侵入性物种的引入，而这可能会导致毁灭性的后果。
6. They have been ruinous for the people whose homes and businesses have been damaged and destroyed.
   一些人的住宅和公司也遭到了损毁，这对于他们来说是灾难性的。
7. Strikingly, he did not indulge in the ruinous relativism that had led to so many abuses in Africa passing unrebuked in the continent.
   更引人注目的是，他没有让自己沉溺于破坏力巨大的相对主义（导致了新种族主义，编者注）。相对主义在非洲大陆导致了大量任意妄为，它们甚至没有受到责难。
8. Malaria is certainly a ruinous problem for Sub-Saharan Africa.
   疟疾对于撒哈拉以南非洲地区肯定是一个灾难性的问题。
9. The 1933 Glass-Steagall act finally banned all payments on demand deposits by most American banks to forestall ruinous competition.
   后来，1933年的《格拉斯-斯蒂格尔法案》（Glass-SteagallAct）禁止大部分美国银行支付活期存款利息，以防范破坏性的竞争。
10. Our economies are hugely interdependent and a conflict would be financially ruinous for both of us.
    我们的经济相互依存度高，而一场冲突从财务上来讲对我们双方是毁灭性的。
11. He went to the money lenders and borrowed on ruinous terms.
    他去跟放高利贷的人借钱，订了使他破产的契约。
12. Governments will be forced to choose between economically ruinous tax rises and politically impossible benefit cuts.
    政府将被迫做出抉择：一方面是在经济上具有破坏作用的加税，另一方面是政治上不可行的削减福利。
13. An effort by the ECB to keep pace with capital flight would in time lead to ruinous inflation and an even more massive crisis.
    欧洲央行试图跟上资本外逃速度的努力迟早会造成毁灭性的通胀，引发一场规模更大的危机。
14. After the exposure of the scandal, his prestige suffered a sudden ruinous decline.
    丑闻暴露后，他的威信一落千丈。
15. But Congress could, and should, have stopped this potentially ruinous trajectory.
    美国议会应该并且有能力阻止美国在这趟死亡列车上继续行进。
16. Four years later and the crisis has taken on ruinous dimensions.
    4年过后，水资源危机已发展到了灾难性的地步。
17. Shattered banking systems have been rebuilt, balance sheets repaired and excess capacity trimmed, while bulging currency reserves have replaced ruinous reliance on short-term foreign borrowing.
    在危机中遭到严重破坏的银行体系已得到重建，资产负债状况得到改善，过剩产能被削减。同时，外汇储备急剧上升的局面，取代了对短期外国借款的依赖&这种依赖是毁灭性的。
18. At the same time, technical invention ruinous weapon!
    同时，科技发明毁灭性武器！
19. To avoid being stuck with old stock-a ruinous prospect when prices are falling rapidly-panel-makers are now slashing margins.
    为了避免旧货积压（太阳能电池板价格迅速下跌时毁灭性的前景），制造商们已经开始压缩利润空间了。
20. Also only then in front of the so ruinous plague disaster, we can appreciate the life profoundly precious.
    也只有在如此毁灭性的大灾大难面前，我们才能这般深刻地体味到生命的宝贵。
21. Kerry said had led to ruinous cuts in spending on social and antiterrorist programs at home.
    而这一政策直接导致了国内的社会费用支出和反恐计划预算的灾难性的大缩水。
22. The faculty of inventing false doctrine is ruinous, but power to see the truth is a blessing.
    编造虚假教义的能力是有害的，但能洞察真理的能力却是个祝福。
23. China bought your ruinous debt.
    中国买了你们那些烂债。
24. The cost will be ruinous.
    花费之多将是灾难性的。
25. This method is quite expensive. The cost will be ruinous.
    这个方法的花费很大。花费之多将是灾难性的。
26. A catastrophic depression; catastrophic illness; a ruinous course of action.
    灾难性的经济萧条；灾难性的疾病；毁灭性的行动方针。
27. It would be a foolish, not to say ruinous, step to take at this time.
    这个时候如此做法是愚蠢的，简直是灾难性的。

adj

1. causing injury or blight
   1. the blasting effects of the intense cold on the budding fruit
   2. the blasting force of the wind blowing sharp needles of sleet in our faces
   3. a ruinous war

   Synonym:    blasting

2. extremely harmful
   1. a catastrophic depression
   2. catastrophic illness
   3. a ruinous course of action

   Synonym:    catastrophic