The flood ruined their crops.
这场洪水毁掉了他们的庄稼。
Select the best synonym for the word “ruin”:
B — wreck. “ruin” means v. to destroy or damage something
A single careless spark could quickly ______ the whole dry forest.
D — ruin. “ruin” means v. to destroy or damage something
ruin — v. to destroy or damage something. In Chinese: 毁坏.
ruin is pronounced /ˈruːɪn/. It breaks into 2 syllables: ru · in.
The flood ruined their crops. (这场洪水毁掉了他们的庄稼。)
destroy, spoil, wreck — all close in meaning to ruin (v. to destroy or damage something).
Yes. ruin appears on the iSEE Vocab Basic list, which covers nearly 2,500 words for the ISEE and SSAT.