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blight on sth
常用可数名词，与on连用表示不良影响。
The new development is a blight on the neighborhood.
新的开发项目是对这个街区的破坏。
植物枯萎病；疫病
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植物枯萎病；疫病
A plant disease that causes leaves, branches, or flowers to wither and die
The new development is a blight on the neighborhood.
新的开发项目是对这个街区的破坏。
植物病害,表现为组织迅速完全失绿、褐变并死亡,常由真菌引起；霉病、锈病、黑穗病。
A diseased condition suffered by a plant; specifically, a complete and rapid chlorosis, browning, then death of plant tissues such as floral organs, leaves, branches, or twigs, especially one caused by a fungus; a mildew, a rust, a smut.
受损状态或条件
a state or condition being blighted
导致该病害的病因,常为无形但认为空气传播的,如细菌、病毒或真菌；亦指侵害果树的蚜虫。
The cause of such a condition, often unseen but believed to be airborne; specifically, a bacterium, a virus, or (especially) a fungus; also, an aphid which attacks fruit trees.
导致枯萎但不腐烂的植物病害
any plant disease resulting in withering without rotting
The abandoned factories are a blight on the city's landscape.
废弃的工厂是城市景观上的一个破坏性因素。
Potato blight caused widespread famine in the 19th century.
马铃薯枯萎病在19世纪导致了广泛的饥荒。
The blight of corruption has infected many government agencies.
腐败的祸害已经感染了许多政府机构。
常用可数名词，与on连用表示不良影响。
The new development is a blight on the neighborhood.
新的开发项目是对这个街区的破坏。
常与of连用，表示破坏性因素。
The region suffers from the blight of unemployment.
该地区遭受失业的祸害。
Not this
The crops blight due to bad weather.
Use this
The crops were blighted due to bad weather.
Blight作为名词时，意为'枯萎病'；作为动词时，常用被动语态表示'使染上枯萎病'。这里应将主动形式改为被动be blighted。
Not this
The new development was a blight in the neighborhood.
Use this
The new development was a blight on the neighborhood.
固定搭配'blight on something'表示'某事的破坏因素'，而'in'通常不用于此搭配。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
马铃薯晚疫病
The potato blight of the 1840s caused widespread famine in Ireland.
19世纪40年代的马铃薯晚疫病在爱尔兰造成了广泛的饥荒。
城市衰败；城市破败
Many old industrial cities suffer from urban blight.
许多老工业城市都遭受城市衰败之苦。
破坏景观的事物；大煞风景的东西
The abandoned power station is a blight on the landscape.
那座废弃的发电站破坏了景观。
火疫病；梨火疫病
Fire blight can destroy an entire apple orchard in a single season.
火疫病可以在一季之内毁掉整个苹果园。
城市衰败
The city has spent millions fighting urban blight.
这座城市已经花费数百万来治理城市衰败。
……的祸害；对……的损害
The abandoned factory was a blight on the neighborhood.
那座废弃的工厂是社区的祸害。
给……蒙上阴影；毁坏
The scandal cast a blight on his political career.
这起丑闻给他的政治生涯蒙上了阴影。
发长 /aɪ/ 音 (如 high, light)
Same pattern, same sound
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联想：blight 像“不 light（无光）”——染病的植物叶片失去光泽、枯褐坏死；也喻指毁坏城市或生活的祸因。
语域：neutral 常见场景：农业、园艺、植物病理学 表示植物病害时，该词属于中性专业用语，通常用于农业、园艺或植物病理学等书面或专业讨论；日常口语中较少这样说，更常说 plant disease。
All six words rhyme with blight /blaɪt/: they share the final stressed vowel and consonant /aɪt/, and all are spelled with -ight. Beware similar-looking words that do not rhyme, such as blitz (/blɪts/) and bleat (/bliːt/).
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, OCTANOVE, WIKTIONARY.