blighted
past simple and past participle ofblight
| 单词 | blighted |
| 释义 | blighted past simple and past participle ofblight blight verb[T] uk/blaɪt/us/blaɪt/tospoilsomething: Abrokenlegblighted herchancesofwinningthechampionship. Compare plagueverb Damaging and spoiling
Examplesofblightedblighted In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. They highlight the complexity of the lives eitherblightedby acute poverty or lived from the perspective of the possibility of poverty. From theCambridge English Corpus Not having one's emotional developmentblightedby fear and anxiety. From theCambridge English Corpus The situation deteriorated further between the wars as depression, combined with drought,blightedthe countryside. From theCambridge English Corpus The hypothesis that neural tube malformations are largely due to the consumption ofblightedpotatoes has not been substantiated. From theCambridge English Corpus The landscape and technical points of view are also analysed:blightedareas are depicted (with some photographs), experimental building sites and building industrialisation processes are thoroughly investigated. From theCambridge English Corpus Many areas of our environment areblightedwith dereliction—in towns and cities as well as old mining areas. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It became clear in the early 1980s that large tracts of our cities wereblightedby industrial dereliction and contaminated land. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The lives of many of my constituents are beingblightedby antisocial behaviour—aggressive begging, drunk and disorderly conduct and noisy neighbours—and also by criminal behaviour. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Very often a man's whole career can beblightedby misinformation given in a record. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Over a short period, the vast majority of the work force have been left jobless, with appalling conditions and ablightedenvironment. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The supervision and monitoring systems were not yet fully installed, were not yet operating effectively, and payments continue to be largelyblightedby errors. FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English Where they have been "blitzed" there are no houses at all, and where they have beenblightedthe houses ought to be pulled down. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I understand that he is talking about blitzed andblightedareas. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 We cannot plan or redevelop our blitzed andblightedareas, unless we plan the towns on really comprehensive lines. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 When an area isblighted, it begins to look seedy and goes downhill very fast. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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