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

• Away with all pests.
  扫除一切害人虫。
• Moles also eat many lawn and garden pests.
  鼹鼠还可以吃掉很多草坪和花园里的害虫。
• 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。
• 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。
• Several key crops failed when they were attacked by pests.
  一些主要农作物由于遭受虫害而歉收。
• The pests and their natural enemies on capsicum were investigated in Qiubei County, Yunnnan province, in2007.
  试验于2007年对云南省丘北县辣椒田的主要害虫，天敌种类及其发生消长规律进行了系统调查。
• 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。
• 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。