blights

例句:

• The crops suffered from frequent blights.
  农作物经常遭受病虫害.
  
• New England was accustomed to didacticism in its literature, and unmitigated didacticism blights the novel.
  新英格兰习惯于在文学里说教, 可是一味说教,小说就要完蛋.
  
• It blights lives in terms of poverty and marginalization.
  从贫困和边缘化的角度来看,它使生活变得更加恶劣.
  
• It blights the environment, homes and lives.
  来自BBC
• William Harry Sure, there are people with tenure who are blights.
  来自WSJ
• Though extreme poverty blights the city, a rich cultural renaissance is under way.
  来自WSJ