blighted

英 [ˈblaɪtɪd]

美 [ˈblaɪtɪd]

v.  损害; 妨害; 贻害
blight的过去分词和过去式

过去式：blighted　过去分词：blighted　

GRE

BNC.36383 / COCA.24941

柯林斯词典

• N-VAR 破坏因素；祸根；阴影
  You can refer to something as ablightwhen it causes great difficulties, and damages or spoils other things.
  1. 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。
  2. 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 somethingblightsyour life or your hopes, it damages and spoils them. If somethingblightsan area, it spoils it and makes it unattractive.
  1. 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。
  2. ...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
  3. ...a strategy to redevelop blighted inner-city areas.
     改建破败不堪的旧城区的策略
• （植物的）枯萎病
  Blightis a disease which makes plants dry up and die.

英英释义

adj

• affected by blight
  1. a blighted rose
  2. blighted urban districts
  Synonym:spoilt

双语例句

• Illness blighted his hope.
  疾病摧毁了他的希望。
• Caroline and James have jetted off for a two week honeymoon in the borders of Tuscany, Italy, but their family say the theft blighted what should have been the happiest day of their lives.
  卡洛琳和詹姆斯已搭乘飞机去度蜜月了，他们将在意大利托斯卡纳（Tuscany）边境处逗留两个星期，但是双方亲属却表示那个盗贼摧毁了本该属于这两人的一生中最幸福的时刻。
• His reputation was blighted by his bad behavior.
  他的名誉为他的行为不检所毁。
• He had no more imagined to himself the blighted home, and the miserable parents.
  他始终没有想到丧事人家的凄惨和那父母们的伤心。
• It had blighted the planet with pollution and mass starvation, and scarred it with atrocious wars.
  它用污染和饥荒毁灭地球，用残暴的战争在地球上留下伤疤。
• He cites the pork industry, which used to be blighted with hog cholera.
  他列举了曾因猪霍乱而萎靡不振的养猪业。
• The erosion of executive authority affected not only adversaries; it blighted as well relations with our friends.
  这种对行政权威的侵蚀，不仅对敌人产生影响，而且也损害了我们同朋友的关系。
• The dry spell blighted the crops.
  干旱期使农作物枯萎了。
• Blighted stems often canker.
  有病的茎往往溃烂。
• He hoped that Mary would forget his shoes, but the hope was blighted;
  他希望玛丽别让他穿鞋子，可这希望落了空。