blight
US
UK blight n: (plant disease) (植物)
SC 凋萎病，枯萎病 diāo wěi bìng，kū wěi bìng
The potatoes have blight this year.
今年的土豆染上了枯萎病。
blight n: figurative (urban decay) (城市中)
SC 脏乱差的地方 zāng luàn chà de dì fāng
Urban blight is forcing people out to the suburbs.
城区的脏乱迫使人们迁往郊区。
blight n: figurative (cause of ruin, scourge)
SC 导致毁坏的因素 dǎo zhì huǐ huài de yīn sù
SC 祸根 dǎo zhì huǐ huài de yīn sù，huò gēn
His expensive tastes were the blight of their marriage.
他昂贵的品位是毁掉婚姻的祸根。
blight [sth] vtr: figurative, often passive (ruin)
SC 毁坏 huǐ huài
TC 毀壞
TC 毀壞
SC 摧残
TC 摧殘
TC 摧殘
The abuse he received as a young boy blighted the rest of his life.
小时候受虐待的经历毁了他的余生。
potato blight n: (fungal disease affecting potatoes)
SC 马铃薯疫病
The potato blight in Ireland in the 1840s caused a massive famine, and many Irish people emigrated to the U.S.
urban blight n: US (city: crumbling, etc.)
SC 城市中荒凉脏乱的地区 chéng shì zhōng huāng liáng zāng luàn de dì qū
The city's downtown has gone from suffering from urban blight to becoming a cultural center.