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

• 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。
• Frogs eat pests which destroy crops and carry diseases.
  青蛙吃破坏庄稼、传播疾病的害虫。
• One of the major pests of Chinese date trees was studied regarding the sex lure phenomenon.
  本文对枣树主要害虫之一&枣步曲的性引诱现象做了一些初步的研究。
• 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。
• 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。
• Small round bright-colored and spotted beetle that usually feeds on aphids and other insect pests.
  圆形身体的小甲虫，色彩鲜艳并有斑点，通常吃蚜虫和其它有害的昆虫。
• 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。
• 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。
• Flies and mosquitoes are pests.
  苍蝇和蚊子都是害虫。