Years of fighting have left the area in ruins.
经年的战事已经使得这个地区满目疮痍。
His country's economy lies in ruins.
他的国家的经济崩溃了。
Within Germany, the city of Berlin lay in ruins.
在德国，柏林市已经满目疮痍。
This country was once proud of its education system. Now it seems to be in ruins.
这个国家曾一度为其教育体系感到自豪。但现在它似乎已经千疮百孔了。
Its heavily-subsidized economy is in ruins
其靠资助维持的经济已经完全崩溃了。