adj [only before noun] a ruined building has been almost completely destroyed a ruined castle →ruin2
1. The imperial garden was ruined during the war. 御花园在战争中被毁。
2. Their holiday was ruined by a whole series of misadventures. 一连串的不幸事故把他们的假日全毁了.
3. At some dramatic moment in the story, the terrible secret becomes known and a reputation is ruined. 在小说的某个戏剧性时刻,可怕的秘密泄漏出来,接着便是某人的声誉扫地。
4. Oxford has been ruined by the motor industry. 牛津城已经被汽车工业破坏了.
5. It seems they could not find the right kind of tape to put on cars while they painted them. Either the tape stuck too much and ruined the paint job or it fell off too soon and the paint ran onto another part of the car. 好像是他们找不到一种在给汽车喷漆时可以贴在车上的合适的胶带。要么是胶带太粘,结果把刚喷好的漆也弄坏了;要么是胶带脱落得太快,结果油漆流到了汽车的其他部位。