Drug addiction is a dangerous canker in society. 吸毒成瘾是腐蚀社会的一大祸害。
His mouth was cankered because he never brushed his teeth. 因为他从不刷牙,所以他的嘴溃疡了。
Your gold and silver is cankered; and the rust of them shall be a witness against you, and shall eat your flesh as it were fire. 雅5:3你们的金银都长了锈.锈要证明你们的不是、要吃你们的肉、同火烧。
Cankered \Can"kered\, a. 1. Affected with canker; as, a cankered mouth.
2. Affected mentally or morally as with canker; sore, envenomed; malignant; fretful; ill-natured. ``A cankered grandam's will.'' --Shak.
Canker \Can"ker\ (k[a^][ng]"k[~e]r), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Cankered} (-k[~e]rd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Cankering}.] 1. To affect as a canker; to eat away; to corrode; to consume.
No lapse of moons can canker Love. --Tennyson.
2. To infect or pollute; to corrupt. --Addison.
A tithe purloined cankers the whole estate. --Herbert.