blighted
毀滅的
Blight v. t. [imp. & p. p. Blighted; p. pr. & vb. n. Blighting.]
1. To affect with blight; to blast; to prevent the growth and fertility of.
[This vapor] blasts vegetables, blights corn and fruit, and is sometimes injurious even to man. --Woodward.
2. Hence: To destroy the happiness of; to ruin; to mar essentially; to frustrate; as, to blight one's prospects.
Seared in heart and lone and blighted. --Byron.
blighted
adj : affected by blight--anything that mars or events growth or
prosperity; "a blighted rose"; "blighted urtan
districts" [syn: spoilt]