The main square lies in ruins.

中央广场破败不堪。

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。

Although some of the sections lie in ruin or have disappeared altogether, it is the longest man-made structure in the world.

虽然有些部分已是断壁残垣，或已彻底消失，但长城依旧是世界上最长的建筑物。

By the eighteen thirties, cotton planters believed that without slavery, the whole economic system of the south would lie in ruins.

到十八世纪三十年代时，棉花种植者认为，如果没有奴隶制，南方的整个经济体系将变为一片废墟。

Today, the structure is known simply as the layer pyramid and it lies in ruins with only the base till standing.

今天，这个结构被简单地称为分层金字塔，它倒在废墟中，只有基地矗立着。

Disaster follows disaster; the whole land lies in ruins. In an instant my tents are destroyed, my shelter in a moment.

毁坏的信息连络不绝，因为全地荒废。我的帐棚忽然毁坏，我的幔子顷刻破裂。

Pack your belongings for exile, you who live in Egypt, for Memphis will be laid waste and lie in ruins without inhabitant.

住在埃及的民哪（" 民" 原文作" 女子" ），要预备掳去时所用的物件，因为挪弗必成为荒场，且被烧毁，无人居住。

Our holy and glorious temple, where our ancestors praised you, has been burned with fire, and all that we treasured lies in ruins.

我们圣洁华美的殿，就是我们列祖赞美你的所在，被火焚烧；我们所羡慕的美地尽都荒废。

I will scatter you among the nations and will draw out my sword and pursue you. Your land will be laid waste, and your cities will lie in ruins.

我要把你们散在列邦中，我也要拔刀追赶你们。你们的地要成为荒场，你们的城邑要变为荒凉。

They will say, " This land that was laid waste has become like the garden of Eden; the cities that were lying in ruins, desolate and destroyed, are now fortified and inhabited" .

他们必说：‘这先前为荒废之地，现在成如伊甸园；这荒废、凄凉、毁坏的城邑，现在坚固有人居住。’

A lion has come out of his lair; a destroyer of nations has set out. He has left his place to lay waste your land. Your towns will lie in ruins without inhabitant.

有狮子从密林中上来，是毁坏列国的。它已经动身，出离本处，要使你的地荒凉，使你的城邑变为荒场，无人居住。