blighted

1. N-VAR 破坏因素；祸根；阴影
   You can refer to something as a blight when 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。
2. VERB 破坏（生活）；使（希望）破灭；摧毁；损毁
   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.
   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
3. （植物的）枯萎病
   Blight is a disease which makes plants dry up and die.

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. Her life has been permanently blighted by his heinous crime
   他犯下的滔天罪行给她的生活蒙上了永久的阴影。
3. 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。
4. 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。
5. But he believes the high-risk, low-return dynamic that blighted early-stage investors is shifting.
   但他认为，让早期投资者希望破灭的高风险和低回报的格局正在改变。
6. The frost has blighted my potatoes.
   霜使我的马铃薯枯萎了。
7. The dry spell blighted the crops.
   干旱期使农作物枯萎了。
8. It is both blighted and positive that Non-tariff barrier affects foreign trade of China.
   非关税壁垒对中国企业的外贸既有不良影响，又有积极影响。
9. The erosion of executive authority affected not only adversaries; it blighted as well relations with our friends.
   这种对行政权威的侵蚀，不仅对敌人产生影响，而且也损害了我们同朋友的关系。
10. Which do we live on-a splendid one or a blighted one?
    我们住的是哪一种&是没有毛病的还是有毛病的？
11. Film became a positive influence, blighted only by his desire for perfection.
    电影对卡梅隆产生了积极影响，只是他对完美的渴望非常要不得。
12. The fruit trees were badly blighted.
    果树严重地染上了枯萎病。
13. Blighted and battered, but still responsive and still ironic, his face was like a lighted lantern patched with paper.
    他受到了摧残和打击，但他仍那么敏锐和风趣。他的脸好象是点着的灯笼，只是外面多糊了一层纸。
14. A broken leg blighted her chanees of winning the ballroom dancing championship.
    腿骨折使她丧失了获取交谊舞冠军的机会。
15. He had no more imagined to himself the blighted home, and the miserable parents.
    他始终没有想到丧事人家的凄惨和那父母们的伤心。
16. He hoped that Mary would forget his shoes, but the hope was blighted;
    他希望玛丽别让他穿鞋子，可这希望落了空。
17. In financial markets blighted by a crisis of confidence, employing CFA holders can help restore client trust.
    在遭受信任危机重创的金融市场，聘用具备cfa资格的人士能够帮助恢复客户信任。
18. He cites the pork industry, which used to be blighted with hog cholera.
    他列举了曾因猪霍乱而萎靡不振的养猪业。
19. 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？
20. It had blighted the planet with pollution and mass starvation, and scarred it with atrocious wars.
    它用污染和饥荒毁灭地球，用残暴的战争在地球上留下伤疤。
21. Blighted stems often canker.
    有病的茎往往溃烂。
22. The apple trees were blighted by frost.
    苹果树因严寒而枯萎。
23. 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。
24. His reputation was blighted by his bad behavior.
    他的名誉为他的行为不检所毁。
25. Illness blighted his hope.
    疾病摧毁了他的希望。
26. 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。
27. 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。
28. He blighted their vines and fig trees, shattered the trees in the countryside.
    打坏了他们的葡萄和无花果树，又击倒了他们国内的一切树木。
29. The whole weekend had been blighted by Gwyneth.
    整个周末都被格温妮斯毁了。
30. But the monument's vista is blighted by two busy roads, one of which runs right by it.
    但该历史遗迹的景色被两条繁忙的道路所摧残，一条路正好经过它。

adj

1. affected by blight
   1. a blighted rose
   2. blighted urban districts

   Synonym:    spoilt