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

• The spread of pests damaged countless fruit trees.
  虫害的蔓延损害了无数果树。
• He doesn't spray against pests or diseases
  他并不喷药防虫祛病。
• 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。
• The crop failure was due in part to drought and in part to insect pests.
  歉收一半儿由于干旱，一半儿由于虫灾。
• We must take measure to protect the crops from insect pests.
  我们必须采取措施保护庄稼，使之不受虫害。
• Flies and mosquitoes are pests.
  苍蝇和蚊子都是害虫。
• Corn is attacked by a number of plant parasites and insect pests.
  玉米受到一些植物寄生虫和虫害的侵害。
• 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。
• 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。
• The whole community turned out to wipe out the four pests.
  全体居民出动除四害。