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Blight Spoils Damages Makes Blighted 英[Blaɪt 美[Blaɪt N.凋萎病;坏因素;毁坏;衰退;Vt.使凋萎;使颓丧;损害;妨害;Vi.患枯萎病;枯萎,颓丧

单词 blight
音标
英[blaɪt] 美[blaɪt]
解释
n.凋萎病;坏因素;毁坏;衰退;vt.使凋萎;使颓丧;损害;妨害;vi.患枯萎病;枯萎,颓丧;
例句

N-VAR
破坏因素;祸根;阴影
You can refer to something as a blight when it causes great difficulties, and damages or spoils other things.
例:This discriminatory policy has really been a blight on America...这项歧视性政策确实成了美国的一大祸根。
例:Manchester still suffers from urban blight and unacceptable poverty.曼彻斯特仍然受到城区脏乱和严重贫困问题的困扰。

VERB
破坏(生活);使(希望)破灭;摧毁;损毁
If something blights your life or your hopes, it damages and spoils them. If something blights an area, it spoils it and makes it unattractive.
例:An embarrassing blunder nearly blighted his career before it got off the ground.一个令人难堪的疏忽几乎毁掉了他还没有起步的事业。
例:...thousands of families whose lives were blighted by unemployment.成千上万因为失业而难以维持生计的家庭

N-UNCOUNT
(植物的)枯萎病
Blight is a disease which makes plants dry up and die.
变形
third:blights~done:blighted~ing:blighting~past:blighted~

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