The abbey was in ruins.

这座修道院成了一片废墟。

The scandal left his reputation in ruins.

这件丑闻使他身败名裂。

Its heavily subsidized economy is in ruins.

它的严重依赖于资助的经济已崩溃了。

Years of fighting have left the area in ruins.

经年的战事已经使得这个地区满目疮痍。

The houses on the seaward side of the road were all in ruins.

马路临海一侧的房屋全都成了废墟。

He served four years in prison, emerging to find his brilliant career in ruins.

他在监狱服了4年刑,出狱后发现他的辉煌事业已经毁了。

In fifteen terrible seconds a large city lay in ruins.

15秒之内一个大城市变成了废墟。

When they returned to Rockaway the next day, they found their neighbourhood in ruins.

第二天，当他们回到洛基韦时，发现他们家附近已经成了废墟。

On approaching the house from the back, he entered an open room, where nearly all the walls lay in ruins.

从后面走近这所房子的时候，他走进一个开着门的房间，里面的墙几乎都严重受损。

The house in which Schmeisser and his colleagues used to live is now in ruins.

施梅瑟和他的同事曾住过的那栋房子现在已经成为废墟。

The city is now in ruins.

那个城市现在成了一片废墟。

The castle now lies in ruins.

那城堡现在已成了一片废墟了。

Financial services are in ruins.

金融服务业一片狼藉。

Why was the Soviet economy in ruins by 1991?

为什么苏联经济1991年崩溃？

Whereas it lies in ruins today, it is a story of genius.

虽然它如今矗立在一片废墟中，但它却向世人讲述了一个传奇。

The city is now in ruins and we moved into tents once more.

由于这座城已经变得残破不堪了，于是我们不得不又住进了帐篷里。

But it is a very different world from the one left in ruins in 1945.

不过，比起那在1945年剩下的废墟，当今的世界已经大有不同。

When the British finally left, the country was virtually in ruins.

当英国人最终离开后，国家满目疮痍。

Six days later L’Aquila and several surrounding villages lay in ruins.

但在六天之后拉奎拉和其周边的几个小村庄被地震夷为平地，满目疮痍。

It didn't. Like tens of thousands of others, the business was in ruins.

他的服装店没有那么幸运。和成千上万的其他商店一样，他的商店变成了一片废墟。

They came to him, and he repaired the altar of the Lord , which was in ruins.

他便重修已经毁坏耶和华的坛。

'They came to him, and he repaired the altar of the Lord, which was in ruins.

他便重修已经毁坏耶和华的坛。

In 480 BC, Athens lay in ruins conquered by the seemingly unstoppable Persian Empire.

公元前480年，锐不可挡的波斯帝国大军攻克雅典，雅典夷为废墟。

The good news: Since civilization will be in ruins, waiting in line at the DMV won't be an issue.

好消息是：既然人类文明将毁灭，在车管所排队就不再是个问题。

All other great powers lay in ruins, while America itself was unscathed by bombing or invasion.

所有其他大国均战痕累累，而美国本土却幸免于轰炸或人侵。

Thorns had come up everywhere, the ground was covered with weeds, and the stone wall was in ruins.

荆棘长满了地皮，刺草遮盖了田面，石墙也坍塌了。

In the centre of Osh, Uzbek enterprises were in ruins. Shops marked with "KG" for Kyrgyz had been spared.

在奥什镇中心，乌兹·别克人的企业都成了废墟，而有“KG ”克尔克孜人标志的商店则幸免于难。