ruinous
英 ['ruːɪnəs]
美['ruɪnəs]
- adj. 破坏性的，毁灭性的；零落的
英英释意
- 1. extremely harmful; bringing physical or financial ruin;
- "a catastrophic depression"
- "catastrophic illness"
- "a ruinous course of action"
- 2. 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"