infestations

英 [ˌɪnfɛsˈteɪʃənz]

美 [ˌɪnˌfɛˈsteɪʃənz]

n.  骚扰，侵袭，扰害，横行；（盗贼、鼠、虫等的）成群出现
infestation的复数

柯林斯词典

• VERB (昆虫、老鼠等)大批出没于,侵扰
  When creatures such as insects or ratsinfestplants or a place, they are present in large numbers and cause damage.
  1. ...pests like aphids which infest cereal crops.
     像蚜虫这样大肆侵害谷物的害虫
• VERB 遍布于;充斥
  If you say that people or things you disapprove of or regard as dangerousare infestinga place, you mean that there are large numbers of them in that place.
  1. Crime and drugs are infesting the inner cities.
     市中心充斥着犯罪与毒品。

双语例句

• Farmers understand that adverse weather or severe pest infestations, for-example, can produce crop failure, or lack of response.
  农民也知道如遇不利天气或虫害严重，作物会出现减产现象，或实行的各项措施达不到预期效果。
• Although it took into account preparedness future infestations, but can not think of the immediate danger, the results still failed to avoid disaster.
  它虽然考虑到了防备未来的灾患，却没想到眼前的危险，结果还是没能避过灾难。
• Insect infestations in certain cotton-growing regions of the world have caused dramatic increase in the price of cotton on the world market.
  害虫在世界范围内的棉花种植区肆虐导致了棉花价格的飞涨。
• This makes rats particularly susceptible to poisoning ( hence its popularity in controlling rat infestations).
  这使得老鼠特别容易中毒（因此这是控制鼠患的好方法）。
• The arrival of warm weather raises the spectre of disease and increased rat infestations caused by rotting garbage.
  天气转暖使人们担心垃圾腐烂会引起疾病传播和鼠群猖獗。
• Pest control dangerous goods store an anthelmintic used to treat hookworm and pinworm and roundworm infestations.
  防治虫鼠危险物品仓用来治疗十二指肠、蛲虫和蛔虫横行的杀虫。
• These pigs had acquired lungworm infestations presumably containing masked influenza virus under natural conditions.
  这些猪在自然条件下已受到含有隐蔽流感病毒的肺丝虫寄生。
• They could damage crops and make them vulnerable to infection and infestations by pests and weeds, thereby reducing food supplies and potentially contributing to malnutrition.
  它们会损害庄稼，使庄稼易受害虫和杂草的影响和侵袭，因此引起食物供应不足和潜在的营养不良。
• This area in central Africa has been struggling to cope with the devastating impact of drought and locusts infestations.
  这方面一直挣扎在中部非洲的破坏性影响为应付干旱和蝗虫侵扰。
• The decision as to which infections and infestations should be included among the STD's is therefore somewhat arbitrary.
  至于性传播传染病与虫害侵扰性疾病都应该包括在性传播疾病内的决断因而是略微武断的。