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 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。
• 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。
• First, they damage the land by killing the helpful bacteria and pests as well as the harmful ones.
  首先，化肥在杀死病菌和害虫的同时也会杀死有益的细菌和昆虫，从而破坏土地。
• 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。
• They have spent$ 3 million building fences around the National Park to exclude such pests.
  为了阻止这类有害动物进入，他们已经耗资300万美元在国家公园周边建造围栏。
• 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。
• 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。
• Away with all pests.
  扫除一切害人虫。
• Moreover, the industry's biggest problems relate to a lack of water and fertiliser, not pests.
  此外，该行业的最大问题与缺水和缺乏肥料有关，而不是害虫。
• Frogs eat pests which destroy crops and carry diseases.
  青蛙吃破坏庄稼、传播疾病的害虫。