pest

• n. 害虫；有害之物；讨厌的人
• n. (Pest)人名；(德、捷)佩斯特

来自拉丁语pestis,传染病，瘟疫，诅咒，词源同pestilence.引申词义害虫，害鸟等。

1. a persistently annoying person

pest (n.)

1550s (in imprecations, "a pest upon ____," etc.), "plague, pestilence," from Middle French peste (1530s), from Latin pestis "deadly contagious disease; a curse, bane," of uncertain origin. Meaning "noxious or troublesome person or thing" first recorded c. 1600.

bug, insect, pest, worm

这些名词均含"虫，昆虫"之意。

bug： 指小昆虫，尤指吸血的臭虫，也可指细菌。

insect： 含义广泛，多指蚂蚁、黄蜂、蝉等等。

pest： 指有害的昆虫或有害的小动物。

worm： 侧重指蚯蚓、蚕、毛虫等小而无骨的虫。

White storks feed on locusts ( ' , 蝗虫) and other insects that can become pests if their numbers get out of hand.

出自-2017年6月阅读原文

While holding a burial ceremony for a pet mouse, they were killing pest mice.

出自-2011年12月听力原文

At the same time, this sea-water also kills off the greedy giant apple snail, an introduced pest that feeds on young rice plants.

2018年6月六级真题(第二套)阅读 Section C

given the moth's ability also to attack crops like pepper and potatoes, Audu Ogbeh, Nigeria's minister of agriculture, has warned that the pest may "create serious problems for food security" in the country.

2017年12月六级真题（第一套）阅读 Section A

One hundred million rats are killed each year by pest exterminators.

每年灭鼠人员都会杀死1亿只老鼠。

柯林斯例句

That disobedient boy is a pest.

那不听话的男孩令人讨厌.

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The image of the fox as a pest is grossly exaggerated in anecdote and folklore.

狐狸的害人精形象在传闻和民间故事中遭到严重的夸大。

柯林斯例句

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。

柯林斯例句

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%。

辞典例句

This report is about diagnosis and control of gosling pest.

这份报告是关于小鹅瘟的诊断与防制的。

辞典例句

At first called Pest - Buda, these three cities easily combined with each other.

起初称做佩斯布达的这三座城市,很容易就融合在一起.

常春藤生活英语杂志-2006年4月号

The use of integrated pest management will expand in the twenty - first century.

在二十一世纪,害虫综合治理的应用将扩大.

辞典例句

My little brother is a pest when he spoils my games.

我的小弟弟破坏我的各种游戏真讨厌.

辞典例句

Biological control is an ecologically sound approach to pest suppression.

生物防治是一种生态学上的很好解决为害物的方法.

辞典例句

Europe had bequeathed the rabbit as a pest to Australia.

欧洲人把这种兔子作为有害动物传给了澳大利亚.

辞典例句

Many pest situations are caused by natural phenomena.

许多害虫的情况都是由自然现象造成的.

辞典例句

That guy is a regular pest.

那家伙是个十足的讨厌鬼.

辞典例句

Pest control, we are learning, is just one of the many ways spiders can help us.

我们逐渐弄清, 控制害虫只是蜘蛛能帮助我们的许多方法之一.

百科语句

In the spring along the Mississippi River, Cnephia pecuarum is a serious livestock pest.

春季密西西比河边的水牛蚋孳生,对家畜为害严重.

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