| 单词 | blighted |
| 释义 | blighted (once / 2568 pages) adj Use the adjective blighted to describe something that has a condition that makes it weak or unable to grow, like a blighted lawn with more brown patches than green. Language experts can’t agree on the exact origins of the word blighted, but when it entered English in the sixteenth century it was used to describe a skin condition. Today, you’ll hear the word applied to plants that are affected by a condition that causes them to wither and die, like a blighted tomato crop, or to describe the neglect and decay of places, such as blighted buildings that pose safety hazards. WORD FAMILYblight: blighted, blighter, blighting, blights+/blighter: blighters USAGE EXAMPLESCommunist Party publications increasingly depict a nation blighted by corruption, social and political polarization, reckless debt and a weak news media. New York Times(Dec 14, 2016) Of how, “in this blighted place, he learned to live again”. The Guardian(Dec 05, 2016) Yet it blighted his already oily music with the thoughts of his oily maw bearing down on entirely innocent hot babes. The Guardian(Nov 30, 2016) adj affected by blight; anything that mars or prevents growth or prosperity a blighted rose blighted urban districts Syn spoilt destroyed spoiled or ruined or demolished |
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