2. It was their infatuated perseverance in an unjustifiable, a hopeless, a
ruinous in war which had brought the nation to its present pass.
正是他们昏头昏脑地坚持进行一个不合理的、无希望的、毁灭性的战争,才把国家弄成现在这般田地。
3. For high-debt countries, such as Greece and Italy, the interest rates demanded by markets to insure themselves against such risks would be
ruinous.
对象希腊和意大利等高负债国家,市场投资者为确保自身免受此类风险而要求的利率将会太高,且是破坏性的。