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blighter

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++blight·er /ˈblaɪtə $ -ər/ noun [countable] British English old-fashioned informal  1 SYMPATHIZEJEALOUSused to talk about someone that you feel sorry for or jealous of 令人同情[妒忌]的家伙 Poor old blighter. 可怜的老家伙。 You lucky blighter! 你这走运的家伙!2. BAD PERSONa bad or unpleasant person 坏人;讨厌的人
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blighterNot much cop considering that the game requires a hefty one hundred of the little blighters to be meandering about at once!Pity the poor blighter couldn't spell.Poor blighter was hanged and we were dancing the night away.He was a punctilious blighter and I can't see him using the Lab as a convenient place for a rendezvous.They found the blighter in Cricklewood - or what was left of him.Poor Ireland finally ran the blighters out about twenty-five years after you died.The blighters have even been immortalised in the history books.You know, you needn't follow this blighter out.
blight·er nounChineseSyllable
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blighter
blighter /ˈblaɪtə $ -ər/ noun [countable] British English old-fashioned informal
1. used to talk about someone that you feel sorry for or jealous of:
    Poor old blighter.
    You lucky blighter!
2. a bad or unpleasant person


blight·erBrE /ˈblaɪtə(r)/ 🔊NAmE /ˈblaɪtər/ 🔊 noun (old-fashioned, BrE, informal) a way of referring to a person (usually a man) that you either find unpleasant or that you feel some sympathy for 讨厌的(或可怜的)家伙(通常指男性)