v. 毁坏；毁掉；使破产

I was ruined by the law case. 我被那场官司搞得倾家荡产。

ruin oneself 毁掉自己

ruin one's hopes 使某人希望破灭

【拓展】destroy, ruin, damage 的区别

damage 指部分"损坏"、"破坏"或指使用价值有所降低。它可以用作动词，也可以用作名词，

用作名词时常与 to something 连用。

Hundreds of houses in the area were damaged by the storm.

暴风雨毁坏了这个地区数以百计的房屋。

　　The accident did a lot of damage to his car. 这次车祸使他的车受到很大的损坏。

　　destroy 只能用作动词，指彻底破坏，以致不可能修复，常作"破坏"、"毁灭"解,也可以

指希望、计划等打破。

The earthquake destroyed almost the whole town. 地震几乎毁灭了整个城镇。

His hope of being a writer was destroyed. 他想成为一个作家的希望破灭了。

ruin 则表示破坏严重，以致不能修复，但这种破坏不像 destroy 那样毁灭某物，而是强

调致使该物的使用价值发生了问题。用作动词时，它作"使毁灭"、"使崩溃"解；用作名词时，

它表示"毁灭"、"瓦解"、"废墟"等抽象概念。

　　The house has fallen into ruin. 房子倒塌了。

　　The company is facing ruin. 这家公司面临破产。

injure

【原句回放】Two-thirds of them died or were injured during the earthquake. 三分之二的人在

地震中死亡或受伤。

【点拨】injure vt. 伤害；使......受伤；injure 也可以表示"损害（名誉），伤害（感情）"。

His back was injured. 他的后背受伤。

There were two people injured in the car accident. 在这次车祸中有两人受伤。

He spoke in an injured voice. 他用委屈的声音说话。

injury n. 伤害，损害

injured adj. 受伤的

the injured 伤者

do an injury to sb.　伤害某人

an injured look/expression　委屈的样子/表情

【拓展】辨析 injure，wound，hurt

injure 指由于意外或事故受伤，为一时难愈之伤。

He can't play today because he's injured his knee. 因为伤了膝盖，他今天不能比赛。wound

指外伤，特别是枪伤、刀伤、剑伤。

The bullet wounded his arm. 子弹伤了他的胳膊｡

hurt 是"受伤"的一般用语，既可指肉体上的伤害，亦可指精神上的伤害，还可做不及物动词，

意为"疼痛；引起痛苦"。

His words hurt me. 他的话伤我了｡

My knees hurt and my feet hurt, too. 我的膝盖疼，脚也疼。