| 词汇 | example_english_blight |
| 释义 | Examples of blightThese 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. Not having one's emotional development blighted by fear and anxiety. The unnecessary evil and curse of low pay blights the lives of so many. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We do not know what the effect of blighting a generation will be when that generation reaches the age of 30 to 40. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We need to tackle the unthinking prejudice that blights lives and is a cost to the economy. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 However, as politicians, we must represent our constituents; we must take note of people's fear because that is what blights their lives. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They are recognised as blights on the land. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Long-term unemployment blights our society and the lives of our constituents. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Crime and the fear of crime are the most serious blights on our inner cities. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Noise blights the quality of life of millions of people. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Fly-tipping remains a major scourge, blighting our landscape and people's lives. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Crime blights the lives of far too many people and undermines the confidence of individuals and communities. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We need to counter the unthinking prejudice that blights not only people's lives, but our economy. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The dead hand of security precautions is blighting a dozen prisons. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We have an animal rendering plant which blights the future and which must go. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 One sad thing blights that picture: the breakdown of law and order, which has been widely experienced by my constituents. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I believe that one of our blights in this country is that we are governed by economic men, with all the limitations of economic men. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The interests of those suffering for many years in the area from blighting uncertainty would be shabbily served by postponing the inquiry. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Poverty blights the lives of about a quarter of this country's population. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Incredibly, the sea swept far inland, blighting local farmers' pasture. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I have it upon the signed statement of the grower that out of that 325 tons and which contained no blights, 29 tons 12 cwt. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In a sense, rogue is too general and too generous a word, because some of this malpractice jeopardises people's lives and blights them for generations. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Pepper-potting of purchases is extremely dangerous, because every purchase blights all the neighbouring or equivalent properties. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Crime blights my constituency just as it blights others. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Personal insecurity has never been higher, with negative equity, fear of crime and economic insecurity blighting the lives of hundreds of thousands of our citizens. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Is it not the case that planning policy should discourage new development in areas of unsustainable flood risk without blighting existing properties? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If that blights the educational opportunities of many of her constituents in an unnecessary and unacceptable way, it is an issue that must be tackled. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 One consequence of this lack of preparation is the increased problem of fly-tipping, which blights urban and rural areas throughout the country. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We are missing opportunities to tackle poverty, which blights the lives of so many of our fellow citizens. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They are blighting the lives of the rest of us. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He is right to do so again today because poverty blights so many lives, particularly in my constituency. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If we wish to eradicate the phenomenon of violence which blights our society, we must make a firm commitment right now. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English Regrettably, traffic congestion blights many of our town centres. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I want to conclude by referring to one further type of poverty which blights the whole world, and which we must also work to eliminate. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Let us rather grasp every opportunity now, at this stage, to end the tension which is blighting for the coming generations our present world. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The resultant design faults are still blighting the lives of motorists virtually 30 years on. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Blocks with deck access, their tenants long gone, still stand there blighting whole areas because there is no money to demolish them. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Who is to blame for, and what is the cause of, all the negative equity that is blighting hundreds of thousands of households and families? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Exclusion blights the life of thousands of children, often those most in need of education. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 However, there is one human tragedy that blights our town—unemployment. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We now see a greater opportunity to solve a problem that blights parts of our constituencies and causes us unnecessary work. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 While that is understandable, surely it is not a reason for blighting further lives when often a simple mistake has had disastrous consequences. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I was pleased to secure this debate to raise the problem of crime that is blighting small businesses throughout the country. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Antisocial behaviour orders are a useful tool for tackling the nuisance behaviour that blights so many of our communities. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The situation is urgent and serious, and is blighting the lives of millions of people. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Under the examination boards, school examinations are being marked incorrectly, blighting children's lives. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The major employers leave, and monetarism blights the few remaining companies which are struggling to survive. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Discrimination in any form disfigures and blights our society. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There are parts which could not conceivably be described as inner cities which are suffering just as great environmental and employment blights. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 While the present ramshackle structure remains in place we are blighting the prospects of a generation of young people and endangering the country's economic future. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Therefore, it blights the industry and destroys confidence in its future. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The fourth argument is that the mere existence of the scheme blights the dock areas. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They have turned their heads away from the poverty that blights far too many millions of our people. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We also have a duty to seek to alleviate the acute poverty that blights so many lives in these countries. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 However, even its published pronouncements on the private rented sector are blighting the market. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Nationalisation blights an industry from the moment it is suggested. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 More importantly, it blights the prospects of many of our young people and it causes unnecessary unhappiness and a lack of personal fulfilment. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 How can one regenerate an area when, at the same time, one blights thousands of homes and ruins the lives of thousands of families? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Unless we involve young people in that process and ensure that they take responsibility too, we will not deal with the problems blighting our communities. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Lack of affordable housing in rural areas blights lives. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Most of the crime that so blights people's daily lives is local in character. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If they are, that will have the effect of blighting the land and making it lose some of its value. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I hope that such problems are not blighting his life, but they are certainly not making the research any speedier. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The position is becoming very hurtful to many people, blighting their lives, and it is spreading alarm and despondency throughout the arts. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 One of the main reasons why we attach so much importance to that is that low demand blights communities and people's lives. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Fly tipping is a costly and offensive scourge which blights many parts of our country, especially some inner-city areas. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There are so many blights at this stage that it is not easy to quantify that effect. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There are pests in the way—birds, blights, and other things—that the farmer has to contend with, and your minimum price will be very small at the finish. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We need successor, modernised, relevant international financial institutions to rise to the challenge of the new global problems and the poverty that still blights many parts of the globe. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Opencasting blights the area before and afterwards. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If the prospects of privatisation were blighting investment, we would expect to see that reflected in investment expenditure since we embarked on the process of preparing for privatisation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The aim is to overcome the financial exclusion that blights so many people's lives and to offer a more secure and flexible method by which people can receive their payments. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Often it blights communities and wrecks lives. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If, by encouraging credit unions, we tackle seriously the problem of financial exclusion that blights many of our communities, we shall be doing all our communities a great service. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They are blighting their own lives. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If such publicity is generated and it blights the activity of a company or group of companies, it is important that the period should be as short as possible. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If tolls are set at such a price that it is worth collecting them, there will be stretches of motorways, blighting the landscape and without a car in sight. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I think that if you work in a totally built-up city, as we do, you should not put the blighting hand of designation on land for twenty years. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Subsequent letting is generally possible only where houses are bought in advance of need under blighting provisions and everything possible is then done to arrange a quick letting. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Anyone who decides to close a special school that is doing so well is blighting the lives of many pupils and denying them the help that they need. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Another problem for the building societies—a problem that it prevalent in my constituency—is that of blighting through the development of a school or some other such project. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We suspect that the ambiguity which currently blights the second and third pillars in terms of democratic accountability will be increased rather than lessened by proposals in the draft paper. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English They are not at that stage published for fear of unnecessarily blighting the property on several routes which are being considered, all but one of which will eventually be rejected. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Derelict land is blighting housing. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Do we really wish to risk complicating and possibly blighting the final years of our lives by allowing genetic discrimination? They highlight the complexity of the lives either blighted by acute poverty or lived from the perspective of the possibility of poverty. French colonial rum output achieved the most rapid growth, filling the gap in the metropolitan market created by the vineyard blights oidium and phylloxera. The situation deteriorated further between the wars as depression, combined with drought, blighted the countryside. To prioritise arms over the lives of children is an inexcusable evil that will be one of the biggest blights upon this government. Either it is blighted in the bud, or has got the smother-fly, or it isn't nourished. 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. The conclusion posits a judgement of the owners of the estates within the context of the criticisms that were reportedly blighting landlord tenant relations at the time. The allocation, in this edition, of common names of diseases such as blight and canker to their respective host crops is valuable. Farmers were prepared to accept some late blight in tubers if other characteristics were favourable. As a result, a friend wrote to me of 'a blight tomorrow' when she was clearly intending to be optimistic. Correlated resistance of cassava to mosaic and bacterial blight diseases. Quantifying effects of general resistance and fungicide for management of potato late blight. 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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