ruin

['ru:in] 1. noun

1) (a broken, collapsed or decayed state: the ruin of a city.) razvalina

2) (a cause of collapse, decay etc: Drink was his ruin.) poguba

3) (financial disaster; complete loss of money: The company is facing ruin.) polom

2. verb

1) (to cause ruin to: The scandal ruined his career.) uničiti

2) (to spoil; to treat too indulgently: You are ruining that child!) razvajati

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- ruination

- ruined
- ruins
- in ruins

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I [rúin]

noun

razvalina, kup ruševin, ruševina, podrtija; razpad, propad(anje), razsulo, rušenje, uniče(va)nje, ugonabljanje; zlom, poguba; onečaščenje; trpljenje; figuratively onemogočenje, izjalovitev, spodlet, vzrok propada; plural razvaline, ruševine, ostanki

in ruins — v ruševinah, podrt, razrušen

blue ruin — slab gin (vrsta brinovca)

to be the ruin of s.o. — uničiti koga

he will be the ruin of me — on bo moja poguba

he is but a ruin of his former self (what he was) — on je le senca tega, kar je bil

to bring to ruin — povzročiti propad (uničenje, pogubo), privesti do propada

to be on the brink (verge) of ruin — biti na robu propada

to fall to ruins — razpasti v razvaline (ruševine)

to go (to run) to ruin — razpasti; konec vzeti

to lay in ruins — spremeniti v ruševine, v razvaline

to lie in ruins — biti v razvalinah

to tumble into ruin — razpadati v ruševine

II [rúin]

transitive verb

porušiti, spremeniti v ruševine, razdejati, podreti, uničiti, opustošiti; pokvariti; onemogočiti, preprečiti, spodnesti; povzročiti propad, ruinirati, uničiti, pogubiti (koga); zapeljati (dekle)

to ruin oneself — uničiti se

a ruined house — hiša v ruševinah

to ruin one's clothes — uničiti si obleko

to ruin one's eyes — pokvariti si oči

to ruin a girl — zapeljati dekle

to ruin one's health — uničiti si zdravje

to ruin s.o.'s reputation — spraviti koga ob (uničiti komu) dober glas; intransitive verb propasti; biti uničen (ruiniran); poetically zrušiti se