extremely harmful; bringing physical or financial ruin;
"a catastrophic depression" "catastrophic illness" "a ruinous course of action"
causing injury or blight; especially affecting with sudden violence or plague or ruin;
"the blasting effects of the intense cold on the budding fruit" "the blasting force of the wind blowing sharp needles of sleet in our faces" "a ruinous war"
例句
用作形容词(adj.)
The snow is ruinous to the trees.雪对这些树危害极大。
The decision was to prove ruinous.后来证明这个决定造成了极大的危害。
There was no use selling at ruinous figures.以亏本太大的价格出卖是无济于事的。
The prices in that restaurant are absolutely ruinous.那家餐馆的价格贵得能把人坑死。
They took a ruinous expenditure on the house.他们为了那所房子倾家荡产。
