blight

UK:  [blaɪt]

US:  [blaɪt]

第三人称单数：blights  现在分词：blighting  过去式：blighted  

v.

1.使(植物)有病,使枯萎

2.(植物)生枯萎病

3.破坏,摧残;损害;打击

4.妨害,挫折,摧残;损伤

5.失败;破灭;就要完蛋

n.

1.(植物病理)枯萎病,火烧病;(对植物有大害的)阴冷天气〔土壤条件〕;虫害

2.凋萎病;枯萎病

3.萎凋病;疫病;疾病

4.(使士气崩溃,希望计划等落空的)破坏性因素;扼杀,打击

5.黑影,阴影

6.坏影响

7.很大打击

8.挫折

9.眼炎

1 . He was in a fevered state of mind, owing to the blight his wife's action threatened to cast upon his entire future.
他太太的行为对他的未来和前途造成了可怕的威胁，这使他心里火烧火燎的。

2 . Herzog told reporters the outposts, which often consist of just a few trailers and makeshift structures, are a blight on Israel's image.
赫尔佐克对记者说，非法定居点往往只包括几个拖车和临时建筑，它们破坏了以色列的形象。

3 . He was able to advise others, but unable to guide himself, "conscious of the blight on him and resigning himself to let it EAT him away. "
他能给别人提出忠告，但却不能控制自己的行为，他“意识到自己已病入膏肓，就任凭它把自己完全毁掉”。

4 . But after years of reputational blight, the industry is starting to see the buds of progress.
但是在多年声名不佳之后，英国葡萄酒业开始呈现进步的萌芽。

5 . Historian David Blight says Americans are still debating many of the same issues as they were a century and a half ago.
历史学家布莱特表示，美国人还在为和一个半世纪以前相同的问题在争论。