blight /blaɪt/ star1 CET6+ (blighting,blighted,blights)

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  N-VAR（有变体名词） You can refer to something as a blight when it causes great difficulties, and damages or spoils other things. 祸因

  例：

  This discriminatory policy has really been a blight on America.

  这项歧视政策一直以来确实是美国的一个祸因。

• 2.  

  V-T（及物动词） If something blights your life or your hopes, it damages and spoils them. If something blights an area, it spoils it and makes it unattractive. 使损害; 使 (地区) 遭殃

  例：

  An embarrassing blunder nearly blighted his career before it got off the ground.

  他的事业还未起步，就差点因一次难堪的失误断送了。

• 3.  

  N-UNCOUNT（不可数名词） Blight is a disease which makes plants dry up and die. 枯萎病

  例：

  All you can do to prevent potato blight is keep an eye on your crops.

  为预防马铃薯枯萎病你惟一能做的就是留意你的庄稼。