ruina
destruction ; ruin ; downfall ; undoing ; bust ; obliteration ; bane ; labefaction ; rack and ruin.
In the event of a serious accident (a fire, deliberate destruction, or a computer error) nothing will happen to the records vital to the operation of the library.
Information deprivation can be found among a very broad band of the population, including all those citizens whose life styles contribute towards the ruin of their environment.
What this time will be the cause of his slapstick downfall?.
At the dinner party, eating nearly proved the undoing of Peter, who ran the danger of becoming a pie himself.
The article 'El Dorado or bust?' warns that the electronic market is changing.
The article is entitled 'The wayward bookman: the decline, fall and historical obliteration of an ALA president'.
The article is entitled 'Donation of books to libraries: bane or blessing'.
The natural result of this labefaction is the Delaware neonate killing by a freshman couple.
The policies that the Mugabe government have taken have lead the country to economic and political rack and ruin.
abandonado y en ruinas
derelict
The author reflects on the process and problems of adapting a derelict listed building for a new library.
causar ruina a
bring + ruin to
He was portrayed as a warmonger who had brought ruin to the state.
convertirse en ruinas
go to + ruin
fall (in)to + ruin(s)
Action is urgently needed to stop our village going to ruin.
The abbey fell into ruin after the dissolution of the monasteries by Henry VIII, and now very little of it remains.
edificio que amenaza ruina
condemned building
Property with a condemned building on it is generally less valuable than bare land, because you've got the expense of getting rid of the condemned building.
en la ruina [En los Estados Unidos, 'Chapter -1-1' se refiere a una ley por la cual aquellas empresas que están en quiebra tienen un período de gracia para seguir funcionando de modo que puedan pagar las deudas a sus acreedores]
in chapter 11
in dire straits
And we all know that both U.S. Airways and United Airlines are in 'Chapter 11,' with other major airlines not far behind.
Egypt's Internet situation is in dire straits after two undersea cables in the Mediterranean were accidentally severed yesterday.
en ruinas
in ruins
ruined
in shambles
upside down
By then the church was in ruins and Apaches delivered the coup de grâce by torching its remaining timbers and other wooden elements.
The beach is a ruined landscape, eerily quiet, save for the hum of mechanical diggers searching for yet more corpses.
He warns today in his annual letter to shareholders that the economy 'will be in shambles throughout 2009'.
Now, she just sat on the floor amidst the chaos feeling as if everything was upside down.
estar en ruinas
be a (complete) shambles
be (in) a (real) mess
While the economy is a 'shambles' and likely to stay that way for some time, he remains optimistic there will eventually be a recovery over a period of years.
The economy is in a real mess now, and we need to create as many jobs as possible.
llevar a la ruina
spell + disaster
Trying to reach every market can spell disaster for small businesses, who cannot afford to spread themselves too thin.
quedar en ruinas
go to + ruin
fall (in)to + ruin(s)
Action is urgently needed to stop our village going to ruin.
The abbey fell into ruin after the dissolution of the monasteries by Henry VIII, and now very little of it remains.
ruina de + Nombre, la
bane of + Nombre, the
curse of + Nombre, the
This process has become a source of frustration and time-consuming, bureaucratic manoeuvering which appears to be the bane of acquisitions librarians everywhere.
The curse of professionalism is its tendency to distract the specialist's attention from his basic function by concentrating his thinking on a multiplicity of details.
suponer la ruina
spell + disaster
Trying to reach every market can spell disaster for small businesses, who cannot afford to spread themselves too thin.
