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.
他的職業生涯因傷病而受到嚴重影響。
a disease that kills plants, especially agricultural crops
Many areas have been devastated by blights which destroyed cereal crops and vines.
許多地區因病害而遭受破壞,穀物和葡萄園被毀。
something that negatively affects a situation, a person's life, or the environment
His death cast a blight on the whole of that year.
他的死給那一年帶來了陰影。