ruination

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The olive is spoken of as the ruination of martini .
有人认为橄榄会使马丁尼酒走味。
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Most are smallholders, who fall easily into debt, and a dry summer can mean ruination.
他们主要都是一些小农场主，很容易就会欠债，甚至，一个干旱的夏季就是意味着破产。
If you resent having to provide treats for marauding hordes of masked children, console yourself with the idea that you are contributing to the ruination of their teeth.
如果你憎恨必须得给那帮打劫的戴面具的小孩子们糖吃，那就安慰自己说我是在给他们长虫牙做贡献。

But far from the mass ruination envisioned by these proselytizers, most of the long-term top-performing investment letters are using the panic to find great buying opportunities.
FORBES: Magazine Article
And individuals formerly employed by the corporations, including a number of higher-ups as well as more rank-and-file executives and other professionals, face ruination and long prison terms.
FORBES: Justice 'Deferred'
In 2010 the opening of a 4km bridge from the Chinese mainland to the island brought its picturesque villages within easier reach of the usual ruination by land-hungry developers.
ECONOMIST: Grand plans for a jointly run island

The ruination of someone or something is the act of ruining them or the process of being ruined.