ruin

/ˈruːɪn/

意味: 廃墟、破滅

例文: The castle lay in ruins.
　　  城は廃墟となっていた。

言葉のよくある組み合わせ: ancient ruin(古代の遺跡), ruin a plan(計画を台無しにする), financial ruin(経済的破滅)

定義: 何かを完全に壊したり、台無しにしたりすることを意味します。また、建物や都市が壊れてしまった状態を指すこともあります。経済的な破滅や失敗を表すこともあります。

ruinは約50,000語に1回程度の頻出度です。

口語性、形式性、抽象度、感情度 - 横向き棒グラフ

水平グラフ: 会話での使われやすさ、フォーマル度、抽象度（具体・概念）、感情度を示します。数値が高いほど、その特徴が強いことを表します。

感情分析 レーダーチャート

感情グラフ: 怒り、期待、嫌悪、恐れ、喜び、悲しみ、驚き、信頼、ポジティブ、ネガティブの強さを示します。

Definitions(定義)

Noun: an irrecoverable state of devastation and destruction
Noun: a ruined building
Noun: the process of becoming dilapidated
Noun: an event that results in destruction
Noun: failure that results in a loss of position or reputation
Noun: destruction achieved by causing something to be wrecked or ruined
Verb: destroy completely; damage irreparably
Verb: destroy or cause to fail
Verb: reduce to bankruptcy
Verb: reduce to ruins
Verb: deprive of virginity
Verb: fall into ruin

Parts of Speech(品詞)

Noun, Verb

Examples(例文)

感情分析に使用された例文：

The storm will ruin the picnic plans tomorrow.(嵐で明日のピクニックの計画が台無しになる。)
Years of neglect caused the old house to ruin.(長年の放置で古い家が崩壊した。)
His careless words could ruin their friendship.(彼の不用意な言葉が友情を壊すかもしれない。)

 

Word Netから抽出した例文：

Noun: you have brought ruin on this entire family
Noun: they explored several Roman ruins
Verb: You have ruined my car by pouring sugar in the tank!
Verb: The tears ruined her make-up
Verb: This behavior will ruin your chances of winning the election
Verb: My daughter’s fancy wedding is going to break me!
Verb: The slump in the financial markets smashed him
Verb: The country lay ruined after the war
Verb: This dirty old man deflowered several young girls in the village

Synonyms/Antonyms(類語/反意語)

Synonyms(類語): bankrupt, break, deflower, destroy, dilapidation, downfall, laying waste, ruin, ruination, ruining, smash, wrecking

Antonyms(反意語):

Hypernyms/Hyponyms(上位語/下位語)

Hypernyms (General categories)(上位語): building, copulate, decay, destruction, devastation, failure, impoverish, lay waste to, thwart

Coordinate Terms(同じ上位語をもつもの): abattoir, annihilation, apartment building, architecture, aviary, bankrupt, bathhouse, beggar, blight, bowling alley, break, breakdown, breed, cavity, center, chapterhouse, clubhouse, corrode, corruption, dash, decimation, decomposition, defeat, deflower, demolition, deteriorate, dilapidation, disappoint, disaster, dormitory, downfall, eradication, erode, extermination, farm building, feedlot, firetrap, flame-out, flop, gambling house, gazebo, government building, greenhouse, hall, hall of fame, holocaust, hotel, hotel-casino, house, kill, laying waste, library, malformation, malfunction, medical building, ministry, miscarriage, miss, morgue, neutralization, nick, observatory, office building, opium den, outbuilding, packinghouse, place of worship, planetarium, presbytery, ravage, razing, reduce, rest house, restaurant, ride, rink, roman building, rotunda, ruin, sabotage, school, self-destruction, serve, shooting gallery, short-circuit, signal box, skyscraper, sleep together, sodomize, spoilage, spoliation, student union, tavern, telecom hotel, temple, theater, tread, vandalism, weather, whorehouse, wilt, wrack

Hyponyms (Specific examples)(下位語): break, burn, bust up, consume, devastation, devour, do a job on, explode, finish, get, harry, kick in, lay waste to, rape, shipwreck, subvert, undo, vandalize, wash out

Derivationally Related Words(派生語)

Derivationally Related Words: bankruptcy, defloration, destroyer, destructible, destruction, dilapidate, ruin, ruination, ruiner, ruining, ruinous, wreck

Categories(カテゴリー)

Domain Categories: general

Usage Category: common

Usage Context: conversation, descriptive, online

Grammatical Notes:
transitive verb
countable noun

Prefixes/Suffixes(接頭辞/接尾辞)

Prefixes(接頭辞):

Suffixes(接尾辞):

Exam Level

高校レベル

英検2級

Media Appearance(メディア登場例)

Books(洋書): Atomic Habits, Diary of a Wimpy Kid 1

Movies(映画): Finding Nemo, Frozen, The Bad Guys, Zootopia

Other Information(その他)

Is Abstract?(抽象的な言葉?) Yes

Is Emotion Word?(感情的な言葉?) Yes

Emotion Categories: fear, negative, sadness