in ruins

• The city is left in ruins , its gate is battered to pieces
  12 [和合]城中只有荒凉；城门拆毁净尽。
• Similarly , my courage was left in ruins after that defeat
  而我，我的勇气也留在了那次失败的废墟当中
• Rows of low houses were in ruin after the rush of flood
  洪水冲刷过后，一排排低矮的房屋变成了废墟。
• Soon , this house will lie in ruins
  这房子马上要成为废墟了
• The castle now lies in ruins
  那城堡现在已成了一片废墟了。
• The old castle stands in ruins
  那座古堡现已成为一片瓦砾。
• St petersburg was almost in ruins : fires burned everywhere
  圣彼得堡几乎成了一片废墟:大火到处在燃烧。
• It s hard to believe that half of san francisco is in ruins today
  很难相信在今天旧金山已经成为半个废墟了
• Their friendship was in ruins
  他们的友谊完全破裂了。
• " 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。