| 词汇 | blighted |
| 释义 | blighted past simple and past participle ofblight blight verb[ T ] uk /blaɪt/ us /blaɪt/ to spoil something: 破坏；妨害 A broken leg blighted her chances of winning the championship.腿骨折使她失去了获得冠军的机会。 Compare plagueverb Damaging and spoiling adulterant adulterate adulterated adulteration applecart butcher degrade drive a wedge between someoneidiom dry rot eat eat away at something erode foul put something out of jointidiom queer rain on someone's paradeidiom rampage ravage seismic wreck Examples of blightedblighted In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. They highlight the complexity of the lives either blighted by acute poverty or lived from the perspective of the possibility of poverty. Not having one's emotional development blighted by fear and anxiety. The situation deteriorated further between the wars as depression, combined with drought, blighted the countryside. The hypothesis that neural tube malformations are largely due to the consumption of blighted potatoes has not been substantiated. The landscape and technical points of view are also analysed: blighted areas are depicted (with some photographs), experimental building sites and building industrialisation processes are thoroughly investigated. Many areas of our environment are blighted with dereliction—in towns and cities as well as old mining areas. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It became clear in the early 1980s that large tracts of our cities were blighted by industrial dereliction and contaminated land. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The lives of many of my constituents are being blighted by antisocial behaviour—aggressive begging, drunk and disorderly conduct and noisy neighbours—and also by criminal behaviour. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Very often a man's whole career can be blighted by misinformation given in a record. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Over a short period, the vast majority of the work force have been left jobless, with appalling conditions and a blighted environment. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The supervision and monitoring systems were not yet fully installed, were not yet operating effectively, and payments continue to be largely blighted by errors. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English Where they have been "blitzed" there are no houses at all, and where they have been blighted the houses ought to be pulled down. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I understand that he is talking about blitzed and blighted areas. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We cannot plan or redevelop our blitzed and blighted areas, unless we plan the towns on really comprehensive lines. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 When an area is blighted, it begins to look seedy and goes downhill very fast. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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