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in ruins
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(of a building or city) to be extremely badly damaged so that most of it has fallen down: （建筑物或城市）沦为一片废墟，成为一片残垣断壁
lie in ruinsThe town lay in ruins after years of bombing.数年的轰炸已把这座城镇变成一片废墟。
The old theatre had sat abandoned for three decades and was in ruins.
Once a gathering place for the city's residents, the open-air market now lay in ruins thanks to the conflict.
An aerial assault left the once scenic countryside in ruins.
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to be in an extremely bad state: 完全毁坏；严重受损；垮掉
The economy was in ruins after the war.战后经济完全陷于崩溃之中。
When he left the company, it was practically in ruins due to his poor management.
The island was in ruins after the hurricane.
Decades of economic hardship has left the country in ruins.
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