Un 毁坏,破坏. Ruins废墟,遗迹

An earthquake left the whole town in ruins.地震使整个小镇处在废墟中.

fall into ruins 变成废墟 （be ）in ruins成为废墟

the ruins of Rome古罗马遗迹

bring sb to ruin毁灭

come/go to ruin毁灭,崩溃

v毁灭,毁坏,,弄坏,糟蹋,破坏方式不一定很粗暴,也可指对健康,事业的毁坏

the sudden storm ruined the crops. 暴风雨把庄稼毁了。

What he did and said ruined the party last night.

The grand city are now lying in ruins.

Damage destroy ruin

All houses were _____in the flood

His house was completely________.so the farmer decided to build a new one.

He has ____his health through drinking.

The building is in_________

7. remain

(1)vi.停留，留下，剩下

A few flowers still remained on the tree.

Much remained to be settled.

(2) v. 依旧，仍然是（后面可接形容词，名词，分词和介词短语）

The man remained modest and polite after he was elected minister.

Mr.Smith became an engineer but his brother remained a worker.

We will remain in contact with them.

She remained crying after I comforted her.

(3)remaining adj. 剩下的，剩余的 remains n.遗迹，遗址，遗体

1.Why don't you put the meat in the fridge? It will ______ fresh for several days.

A. be stayed B. stay C.be staying D. have stayed

2.Although he has taken a lot of medicine,his health____

Poor. A. proves B. remains C. lasts D.continues

8. paint