ruin

• n. 破滅；破壊；滅亡
• vt. 破壊する；破産する
• vi. 破綻する；没落する；滅びる
• n. （ルイン）人名；（ドイツ語、イタリア語、フィンランド語）ルイン；（フランス語）ルーアン

ラテン語のruina, 落ちる, 破壊する, から, ruere, 落ちる, 崩れる, から, PIE*reue, 叩く, 破く, の語源。

ruin

ruin: [14] If something is ruined, etymologically it has simply ‘fallen down’. The word’s ultimate ancestor is Latin ruere ‘fall, crumble’ (source also of English congruent). From it was derived the noun ruīna ‘fall’, which passed into English via Old French ruine.
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ruin (n.)

late 14c., "act of giving way and falling down," from Old French ruine "a collapse" (14c.), and directly from Latin ruina "a collapse, a rushing down, a tumbling down" (source also of Spanish ruina, Italian rovina), related to ruere "to rush, fall violently, collapse," from PIE *reue- (2) "to smash, knock down, tear out, dig up" (see rough (adj.)). Meaning "complete destruction of anything" is from 1670s. Ruins "remains of a decayed building or town" is from mid-15c.; the same sense was in the Latin plural noun.

ruin (v.)

1580s (transitive), from ruin (n.). Intransitive sense "fall into ruin" is from c. 1600. Financial sense is attested from 1660. Related: Ruined; ruining.

1. She wasn 't going to let her plans go to ruin .

彼女は彼女の計画を破綻させない。

2. "But we might ruin the stove." — "Who cares?「

「でもストーブを壊します！」——「気にしないよ！」

3.We looked out upon a scene of desolation and ruin .

私たちは見渡す限り、目の前は荒れ果てた廃墟だった。

4.His enemies are determined to ruin him.

彼の敵は彼を破壊しようと決心した。

5.The vineyards were falling into ruin .

これらのブドウ園は日増しに没落している。