"go to rack and ruin" in Chinese (Simplified)

• 彻底毁坏
• 没落

Definition

指因为忽视而变得非常糟糕、毁坏或衰落的状态。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Simplified))

这个短语较为正式和老派，常用于形容因疏于管理造成的地方、机构或关系的破败，不用于指人。常以'has gone to rack and ruin'出现。

Examples

The old house has gone to rack and ruin since no one lives there.

自从没人住，那栋老房子就**彻底毁坏**了。

Many factories in the area have gone to rack and ruin.

该地区许多工厂已经**彻底没落**。

If we stop taking care of the garden, it will go to rack and ruin.

如果我们不再照顾花园，它会**彻底荒废**。

When I returned after ten years, I saw the town had gone to rack and ruin.

十年后回去，我发现小镇已经**彻底没落**。

They let their business go to rack and ruin by ignoring the problems.

他们因为忽视问题，让生意**彻底毁了**。

After the club lost its funding, it quickly went to rack and ruin.

俱乐部失去资金后，很快就**彻底毁掉了**。