infestations

英 [ˌɪnfɛsˈteɪʃənz]

美 [ˌɪnˌfɛˈsteɪʃənz]

n.  骚扰，侵袭，扰害，横行；（盗贼、鼠、虫等的）成群出现
infestation的复数

柯林斯词典

• VERB (昆虫、老鼠等)大批出没于,侵扰
  When creatures such as insects or ratsinfestplants or a place, they are present in large numbers and cause damage.
  1. ...pests like aphids which infest cereal crops.
     像蚜虫这样大肆侵害谷物的害虫
• VERB 遍布于;充斥
  If you say that people or things you disapprove of or regard as dangerousare infestinga place, you mean that there are large numbers of them in that place.
  1. Crime and drugs are infesting the inner cities.
     市中心充斥着犯罪与毒品。

双语例句

• These conditions act in concert to produce a great potential for contaminants, pest organisms of plants from nature and windborne infestations to establish in the nursery stock.
  这些因素协同作用导致苗圃植株受自然界污染物、有害生物和风传病虫害侵染的可能性大大增加。
• Insect infestations in certain cotton-growing regions of the world have caused dramatic increase in the price of cotton on the world market.
  害虫在世界范围内的棉花种植区肆虐导致了棉花价格的飞涨。
• They can be subject to flea and mite infestations, with all the potential complications that brings.
  他们可以受到跳蚤和螨虫感染，与所有潜在的并发症带来的。
• An anthelmintic used to treat hookworm and pinworm and roundworm infestations.
  包虫病棘球绦虫感染用来治疗十二指肠、蛲虫和蛔虫横行的杀虫。
• Historically, areas of Africa have experienced periodic locusts infestations, which can completely destroy crops.
  历史上，非洲地区蝗虫侵扰经历周期，它可以完全摧毁农作物。
• Farmers understand that adverse weather or severe pest infestations, for-example, can produce crop failure, or lack of response.
  农民也知道如遇不利天气或虫害严重，作物会出现减产现象，或实行的各项措施达不到预期效果。
• This area in central Africa has been struggling to cope with the devastating impact of drought and locusts infestations.
  这方面一直挣扎在中部非洲的破坏性影响为应付干旱和蝗虫侵扰。
• Although it took into account preparedness future infestations, but can not think of the immediate danger, the results still failed to avoid disaster.
  它虽然考虑到了防备未来的灾患，却没想到眼前的危险，结果还是没能避过灾难。
• Infestations of these caterpillars may defoliate oaks and other hardwood trees but usually do no permanent damage.
  这些毛虫的侵扰可能使橡树落叶和其他树木的硬木树但通常都没有永久性损伤。
• But what's happening is the news media attention focusing on these isolated infestations here and there creates a huge concern among people and I think we have to keep a bit of this in perspective.
  但因为媒体的大肆报道这种孤立的寄生虫，在人群中间出现了许多的焦虑和恐慌，我认为这是值得商榷的。