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

• 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。
• Flies and mosquitoes are pests.
  苍蝇和蚊子都是害虫。
• Moreover, the industry's biggest problems relate to a lack of water and fertiliser, not pests.
  此外，该行业的最大问题与缺水和缺乏肥料有关，而不是害虫。
• 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。
• He doesn't spray against pests or diseases
  他并不喷药防虫祛病。
• 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。
• 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。
• The whole community turned out to wipe out the four pests.
  全体居民出动除四害。
• 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。
• 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。