blighting
present participle ofblight
| 单词 | blighting |
| 释义 | blighting present participle ofblight blight verb[T] uk/blaɪt/us/blaɪt/tospoilsomething: Abrokenlegblighted herchancesofwinningthechampionship. Compare plagueverb Damaging and spoiling
Examplesofblightingblighting In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. Do we really wish to risk complicating and possiblyblightingthe final years of our lives by allowing genetic discrimination? From theCambridge English Corpus Speculation unrestrained and licentious threw itsblightingsirocco over the green pastures of knowledge, and prejudice and mysticism involved them in their exhalations. From theCambridge English Corpus This disease caused chlorosis followed byblightingof the leaves. From theCambridge English Corpus The conclusion posits a judgement of the owners of the estates within the context of the criticisms that were reportedlyblightinglandlord tenant relations at the time. From theCambridge English Corpus We do not know what the effect ofblightinga generation will be when that generation reaches the age of 30 to 40. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 This represented a flagrant waste of resources and had the effect ofblightingestablished industrial areas. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Fly-tipping remains a major scourge,blightingour landscape and people's lives. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The dead hand of security precautions isblightinga dozen prisons. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 That official would beblightingthat area on his own authority and not on the authority of the council whose servant he is. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The interests of those suffering for many years in the area fromblightinguncertainty would be shabbily served by postponing the inquiry. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Theblightingof hundreds of thousands of teenagers' lives will not be lightly forgotten. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I do not know how it is possible to separate blitzing andblighting. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 A bit of common sense and understanding could have resolved the matter at an early stage, and avoided the unnecessaryblightingof lives. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 That kind ofblightingwill not take place in future at the structure plan stage. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It is not our practice to publish such reports because of theblightingof property and general uncertainty which could be caused. 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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