Word · CEFR C2 · Frequency #18459
blights
损害；破坏；摧残
blights is the third person singular of blight.
To have a damaging or destroying effect on (something); to ruin or spoil.
- 1.
To affect the fertility or growth of (a plant) with a blight (noun sense 1.1), especially one caused by a fungus; to blast, to mildew, to smut.
使(植物)受枯萎病影响,尤其是由真菌引起的；使枯萎,发霉,变黑
- 2.
To impede the development or growth of (an aspect of life); to damage, to ruin, to spoil.
阻碍(生活某方面)的发展或成长；损害,毁坏,破坏
- 3.
Of a plant: to suffer blight (noun sense 1.1).
植物遭受枯萎病
- 4.
cause to suffer a blight
使遭受损害
使染上枯萎病；使枯萎；染上枯萎病；枯萎；使(植物)受枯萎病影响,尤其是由真菌引起的；使枯萎,发霉,变黑；阻碍(生活某方面)的发展或成长；损害,毁坏,破坏；植物遭受枯萎病
In use
The sudden frost blighted the entire crop of fruit trees.
Corruption has blighted the region's development for decades.
A severe disease is blighting the local potato fields this year.
Too much rain may blight the garden with mold
Verb forms
base blight · third person blights · -ing blighting · past blighted · past participle blighted
规则动词
Connections
Collocations
- blight hopes
- 摧毁希望
- The scandal blighted her hopes of becoming mayor.这桩丑闻摧毁了她当市长的希望。
- blight a career
- 毁掉事业
- A single mistake blighted his career in finance.一个错误毁掉了他的金融生涯。
- blight the landscape
- 破坏景观
- Industrial waste blights the landscape.工业废料破坏了景观。
- blight crops
- 使庄稼枯萎
- The fungus blighted the potato crops.真菌使马铃薯作物枯萎。
- be blighted by unemployment
- 遭受失业的打击
- The region has been blighted by unemployment for decades.该地区几十年来一直遭受失业的打击。
- blight someone's life
Learner notes
Memory Tip
把 blight 记成“不 light（不亮）”：健康的叶子发亮，染病枯萎后暗黑无光，生活被毁也像蒙上阴影。
Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：formal writing、news reporting、agricultural reports blight 作动词时通常比较正式，多用于书面语境；既可用于描述植物染上枯萎病（使枯萎），也常用于比喻义，表示损害或毁坏。日常对话中更自然的说法可能是 damage、ruin 等词。
Grammar Note
常用被动语态，如'The crop was blighted.' 也可比喻指破坏希望等。
Pronunciation & Spelling
以上六个词都与 blight (/blaɪt/) 押韵：-ight 拼写读作 /aɪt/。注意形近的 blithe /blaɪð/ 不押韵（末尾是浊音 /ð/）；bite /baɪt/ 虽然押韵，但拼写不同。另外，blight 在拼写上虽包含 light，但意义与 light 无关。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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