pests

英 [pɛsts]

美 [pɛsts]

n.  害虫; 害兽; 害鸟; 讨厌的人(或物)
pest的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 害虫；害兽
  Pestsare insects or small animals which damage crops or food supplies.
  1. ...crops which are resistant to some of the major insect pests and diseases...
     对一些主要病虫害有抵御能力的作物
  2. Each year ten percent of the crop is lost to a pest called corn rootworm.
     一种叫玉米根虫的害虫每年会让粮食减产10%。
  3. ...new and innovative methods of pest control.
     防治虫害的创新办法
• N-COUNT 讨厌鬼（尤指儿童）
  You can describe someone, especially a child, as apestif they keep bothering you.
  1. He climbed on the table, pulled my hair, and was generally a pest.
     他爬桌子，拽我的头发，总之是个讨厌鬼。

双语例句

• Animal and vegetable pests propagate with extreme rapidity.
  动植物病害传播极快。
• DDT sprayed into the air kills mosquitoes and other insect pests.
  喷射到空气中的DDT能杀死蚊子和其他有害昆虫。
• Several key crops failed when they were attacked by pests.
  一些主要农作物由于遭受虫害而歉收。
• Few insecticides now marketed are adequately selective, so some harmless insects are killed as well as pests.
  现在市场上的杀虫剂很少有足够的选择性，所以一些无害的昆虫也和害虫一起被杀死了。
• The insect-resistant genetic engineering provides a new and effective way of controlling tobacco pests.
  抗虫基因工程为烟草害虫防治提供了一条新的有效途径。
• Moles also eat many lawn and garden pests.
  鼹鼠还可以吃掉很多草坪和花园里的害虫。
• Land snails including the common edible snail and some pests.
  蜗牛包括普通食用蜗牛和一些有害蜗牛。
• He doesn't spray against pests or diseases
  他并不喷药防虫祛病。
• Pests and insects can be more than an inconvenience.
  有时，害虫和昆虫带来的不仅仅是不便。
• Almost all countries regulate incoming plant material because of the risk of pests and pathogens for agriculture.
  鉴于害虫与病原体对农业带来的威胁，几乎所有的国家都对引进植物资源进行管制。