The main square lies in ruins.

中央广场破败不堪。

The war left the whole city in ruins.

那场战争让整座城市成了一片废墟。

When the war ended in 1945, the world lay in ruins.

1945年战争结束时，世界一片废墟。

The once prosperous city is now lying in ruins.

这座曾经繁华一时的城市现在成了废墟。

For another thing, most of the city is in ruins.

另一方面, 城市的大部分已是一片废墟。

" And come back and find the house in ruins? " she snarled.

“好让我们回来看到整个房子都给毁了？”她大吼道。

People there wanted it to remain in ruins as a memorial.

那里的人们希望保持这个废墟作为纪念。

Soon, the economy was in ruins, and businesses were closing their doors.

很快，经济陷入一片废墟，企业纷纷关门歇业。

A luxury hotel in the Syrian city of Aleppo is in ruin.

叙利亚阿勒颇市一家豪华酒店被毁坏。

The tsunami that hit Tonga left the main island, Tonga Tarpu, in ruins.

袭击汤加的海啸使主岛汤加塔布岛成为一片废墟。

Torrents swept through towns, leaving whole neighborhoods in ruins.

洪水席卷了城镇，整个社区沦为废墟。

These monuments have come to define Egypt for the world, even in ruin.

即使在废墟中，这些纪念碑也为世界定义了埃及。

Five years later much of Mosul remains in ruins but not the library.

五年后，摩苏尔的大部分地区仍然是一片废墟，但图书馆已经不复存在。

" It will be done, " said Jon, " or they will live in ruins" .

" 必须完成，" 琼恩说，" 否则他们就住废墟。"

When the smoke cleared, residents saw that about one-third of Chicago lay in ruins.

当烟雾散去时，居民们看到芝加哥三分之一的地方变成了废墟。

" Not if Minas Tirith were falling in ruin and I alone could save her."

“哪怕米纳斯提力斯要化为废墟，而我只要戴上魔戒就能救她。”

Thousands of homes and government buildings lay in ruins, along with crucial rice crops.

数以千计的房屋和政府大楼以及重要的水稻作物被毁。

There, a city in ruins, flung to the ground by convulsions in the earth.

那里，是一座倒塌的城，因为地震动了，被推倒在地下。

Roofs went crashing in ruin, burying hundreds who had hoped to survive the eruption.

屋顶顷刻倒塌，将希望躲过火山喷发的几百人埋在废墟下。

Eighty percent of people are living in extreme poverty. Towns and cities are in ruins.

80%的叙利亚人生活在极度贫穷之中。乡镇和城市都已经成为废墟。