ruin
单词辨析：
强调程度，指完全毁掉，用于具体的事物时，指该事物虽然被毁坏，但依然存在。
The illness has ruined his career.
这个病毁掉了他的事业。
The bad weather ruined their picnic.
恶劣的天气毁掉了他们的野餐。
The rain ruined her newly cut hair.
这场雨毁了她新剪的头发。
强调程度严重，通常用被动语态。
People lived a hard life as the country had been ravaged by civil war.
该国由于内战满目疮痍，人们生活非常艰难。
His health was gradually ravaged by excessive drinking.
由于酗酒，他的身体渐渐垮了。
指使某物的优良特性或特征不复存在，但此物依然存在，语气没有ruin 强。
The whole scenic spot is spoiled by litter.
整个景区环境都被垃圾破坏了。
Don't let the incident spoil our party.
别让这件事毁了我们的聚会。
相关例句：
His enemies are determined to ruin him
他的敌人决意要毁了他。
He stood very still, staring in at the ruins of his work.
他站在那里一动也不动，呆呆地看着他残余的作品。
Constant indulgence in bad habits brought about his ruin.
经常沉溺于恶习导致了他的毁灭。
The new Turkish republic he helped to build emerged from the ruins of a great empire
他帮助建立起的新土耳其共和国是从一个伟大帝国的废墟上发展起来的。
Its heavily-subsidized economy is in ruins
其靠资助维持的经济已经完全崩溃了。
The abbey was in ruins
这个修道院已经成了一片废墟。