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。
• Animal and vegetable pests propagate with extreme rapidity.
  动植物病害传播极快。
• 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。
• Flies and mosquitoes are pests.
  苍蝇和蚊子都是害虫。
• 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。
• 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。
• Away with all pests.
  扫除一切害人虫。
• In the short term, chemical sprays are clearly an effective way to control pests
  从短期来看，喷洒化学药品显然能有效控制虫害。
• The distribution and various kinds of tachinid about main pests in sugarcane of yunnan and its host are reported.
  报道了云南蔗区主要害虫捕食性蝽蟓和寄蝇的种类分布。
• 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。