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

• The frost has blighted my potatoes.
  霜使我的马铃薯枯萎了。
• The fruit trees were badly blighted.
  果树严重地染上了枯萎病。
• The dry spell blighted the crops.
  干旱期使农作物枯萎了。
• The apple trees were blighted by frost.
  苹果树因严寒而枯萎。
• Nostalgia for the era before gentrification ignores the fact that inner cities were often blighted.
  怀念当地中产阶层化之前时代的人忽视了一个事实，市中心的旧城区以前往往较为衰败。
• Mr Kim was expected to ask for more food and aid for his blighted, benighted country.
  金正日期望能够为他破旧、愚昧的国家争取更多的食物与援助。
• Indeed the war in Vietnam had blighted Nixon's first term.
  越南战争就打击了尼克松的第一届任期。
• For centuries, Europe was been a continent blighted by frequent and destructive wars.
  几个世纪以来，欧洲大陆饱经频繁战争的蹂躏。
• To see a bright young life so rudely blighted, so untimely cut down?
  为的是看见一位前途无量的年轻的生命这样无情地被摧残，这样过早地夭折？
• 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。