blight

柯林斯词典

1. N-VAR You can refer to something as a blight when it causes great difficulties, and damages or spoils other things. 祸因
This discriminatory policy has really been a blight on America. 这项歧视政策一直以来确实是美国的一个祸因。
2. V-T If something blights your life or your hopes, it damages and spoils them. If something blights an area, it spoils it and makes it unattractive. 使损害; 使 (地区) 遭殃
An embarrassing blunder nearly blighted his career before it got off the ground. 他的事业还未起步，就差点因一次难堪的失误断送了。
...thousands of families whose lives were blighted by unemployment. …生活遭失业打击的数以千计的家庭。
3. N-UNCOUNT Blight is a disease which makes plants dry up and die. 枯萎病
All you can do to prevent potato blight is keep an eye on your crops. 为预防马铃薯枯萎病你惟一能做的就是留意你的庄稼。