blight
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/blaɪt/
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/blaɪt/
to negatively impact or ruin something, especially by causing many problems
His career has been blighted by injuries.
彼のキャリアは怪我で台無しになりました。
a disease that kills plants, especially agricultural crops
Many areas have been devastated by blights which destroyed cereal crops and vines.
多くの地域が病気に襲われ、穀物作物とブドウ畑が破壊されました。
something that negatively affects a situation, a person's life, or the environment
His death cast a blight on the whole of that year.
彼の死はその年に影を落としました。