In Flannery's 1994 book called The Future Eaters, he sets out his thesis that human beings are a new kind of animal on the planet, and are in general, one prone to ruining ecosystems.
在弗兰纳里1994年出版的《未来的食客》一书中，他阐述了自己的论点，人类是地球上的一种新型动物，而且是一种倾向于破坏生态系统的新型动物。
No way was I going to let him pull a prank—ruining someone's Valentine's Day.
我绝不能让他搞恶作剧，毁了别人的情人节。
After last week's announcement that Phil Collins might give up touring because live concerts are ruining his voice, doctors are counseling stars about the does and doesn't of voice care.
菲尔·柯林斯在上周宣布，由于现场音乐会对他的嗓音造成巨大的损伤，他可能会放弃巡回演出。这一消息公布后，医生们开始向明星们提供一些建议——关于护理声音方面的注意事项。
Their great big farmhouse, they realized, was ruining their lives.
他们意识到，这所大房子正在毁掉他们的生活。
You can’t get mad at the dog for ruining your shoes，it doesn’t know any better.
你不要因为你的狗咬坏你的鞋子就惩罚它，它毕竟还不懂事。
This idiom refers to ruining a venture by doing unnecessary and surplus things.
“画蛇添足”这个成语比喻做了多余而不恰当的事，反而把事情弄糟了。
You can't get mad at the dog for ruining your shoes, he doesn't know any better.
别因为狗弄坏你的鞋子而暴跳如雷，他根本不知道。
Doctors have discovered those people with earphones may be ruining their hearing.
医生研究发现，戴耳机听音乐可能会让人听力受损。
You can't have whirring fans ruining the quiet scenes in 2001: a Space Odyssey, after all.
你毕竟无法允许风扇的呼呼声来破坏《2001：太空漫游》中的安静的场景。
Too much beer and wine was ruining his life; he finally came to his senses and stopped.
过度饮酒使他的身体每况愈下，他最终明白后便停止了酗酒。
You're getting no exercise and watching the screen for so long is ruining your eyesight.
你不运动而且看这么久的电视，这样会毁了你的眼睛。
I think having land and not ruining it is the most beautiful art and anybody could ever want to own.
我想，拥有土地并且不去破坏它，是任何人梦想拥有的艺术品中最美的一件。
At the risk of ruining the ending, on the final page the caterpillar turns into a beautiful butterfly.
故事的结尾很美满，毛毛虫破茧成蝶！
They worry that just by trying to get through 12-18 months of crisis, they might be ruining their brands.
他们担心，如果仅仅着眼于如何度过十二至十八个月的危机，他们可能会让自己的品牌倒塌。
I held the Coke bottle tightly, fearful he would make me pour it into a cup, ruining this dream come true.
我紧紧地抱着可乐瓶，生怕他让我把可乐倒在杯子里，毁掉我的梦想。
Others still are more worried that human activities may be ruining the global environment on which our life depends.
还有一些人更担心，人类活动可能毁掉生命赖以存在的全球环境。
And, as I mentioned before, it's possible for your vanity metrics to be going up even while you're ruining your product.
就像前文提到的，这些虚荣数据可能一直向好，而你却在一直毁着自己的产品。
"Friendship is a sacred thing, " said Kimmel (who looked like he was only half-kidding), "and I believe Facebook is ruining it."
“友谊是神圣的，”Kimmel表示（他半开玩笑的说），“我相信Facebook正在毁了它。”
Monsieur Duval moderated his tone a little, yet even so he began saying that he could no longer permit his son to go on ruining himself for me.
迪瓦尔先生稍许平静了一些，不过他还是对我说他不能再听任他儿子为我弄得倾家荡产。
While Real Madrid fans are enjoying the Champions League with new hope and a bevy of top-dollar superstars, critics are accusing Mr. Perez of ruining the sport.
虽然皇马球迷对冠军杯充满新的希望，诸多身价不菲的超级明星也让他们感到欣喜，但批评人士指责佩雷斯正在毁掉足球运动。
Although many seem to be making some attempt to offer low CAL alternatives, they end up ruining these offerings with sauces and dressings loaded with fat content.
虽然很多快餐店似乎在做一些尝试去提供一些低热量的替代品，但最终高脂肪含量的调料使得这些尝试失效。
Analysts said that in the long run, cheapening luxury products risks ruining images of exclusive brands and lowering the future price expectation of consumers.
分析师们说，从长远看，高档商品降价会有损害高级品牌形象、降低客户将来的价格预期的风险。
Snow disaster: The worst snowstorms in half a century hit southern China last winter, trapping millions, ruining crops and disrupting business and transportation.
雪灾：去年冬天袭击中国南部的50年来最严重暴风雪灾害，造成几百万人受困，农作物受损，商业和运输也受到破坏。
"I have been a professional clown for 34 years now but this is ruining my business," Fudgie the clown, a professional children's entertainer from New Jersey, USA, told the BBC.
“我作为职业小丑已经34年了，但现在，这些事情正在摧毁我的事业，”来自美国新泽西州的职业儿童表演艺人、小丑特吉在接受英国广播公司采访时表示。
There's a simple reason for inverting your sushi: the molded rice base will disintegrate if dipped directly into soy sauce. The rice will also soak up too much sauce, ruining the flavor balance.
上下反转寿司的一个简单理由是：如果直接把酱油点在饭团上的话，捏好的饭团底会散开，而且饭团会吸收过多的酱油，破坏了味道的平衡感。
Until recently, the trend for barista-made coffee and high-speed Wi-Fi was considered by some in the city's bookish crowd to be ruining London's centuries-old tradition of disconnected browsing.
直到最近，这座城市一些热爱读书的人认为，咖啡师制作的咖啡和高速的无线网络破坏了伦敦几个世纪以来远离尘嚣、静心读书的古老传统。
Until recently, the trend for barista-made coffee and high-speed Wi-Fi was considered by some in the city's bookish crowd to be ruining London's centuries-old tradition of disconnected browsing.
直到最近，这座城市一些热爱读书的人认为，咖啡师制作的咖啡和高速的无线网络破坏了伦敦几个世纪以来远离尘嚣、静心读书的古老传统。
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