blights

英 [blaɪts]

美 [blaɪts]

v.  损害; 妨害; 贻害
blight的第三人称单数

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.

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