blight

verb
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Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they blight
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he / she / it blights
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past simple blighted
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past participle blighted
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-ing form blighting
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  1. blight something to have a bad effect on something, especially by causing a lot of problems损害;妨害;贻害
    • His career has been blighted by injuries.他的事业不断受到伤病的困扰。🔊🔊
    • an area blighted by unemployment饱受失业之苦的地区
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryBlight is used with these nouns as the object:
    • prospect
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    Word Originmid 16th cent. (denoting inflammation of the skin): of unknown origin.

blight

noun
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  1. [uncountable, countable] any disease that kills plants, especially crops(农作物等的)疫病
    • potato blight马铃薯疫病
    • Many areas have been devastated by blights which destroyed cereal crops and vines.许多地区被天灾摧毁,破坏了谷物作物和葡萄藤。
    Topics Farmingc2
  2. [singular, uncountable] blight (on somebody/something) something that has a bad effect on a situation, a person’s life or the environment(对局势、生活或环境)有害的事物,不利因素
    • His death cast a blight on the whole of that year.他的死使那一整年都处在阴影之中。🔊🔊
    • urban blight (= areas in a city that are ugly or not cared for well)城市里环境脏、乱、差的地区
    • Her divorce was a great blight on her life.她的离婚对她的生活造成极大的伤害。
  3. Word Originmid 16th cent. (denoting inflammation of the skin): of unknown origin.