pest
英 [pest] 美 [pɛst]

n.

讨厌的人或事；有害动植物；瘟疫；

变形

复数：pests

双语释义

n.(名词)

1. [C]有害的人或物，令人讨厌的人或物 sb/sth that causes trouble or harm

英英释义

pest[ pest ]

• n.
  • a serious (sometimes fatal) infection of rodents caused by Yersinia pestis and accidentally transmitted to humans by the bite of a flea that has bitten an infected animal

    同义词：plaguepestilencepestis

  • any epidemic disease with a high death rate

    同义词：plaguepestilence

  • a persistently annoying person

    同义词：blightercusspesterergadfly

  • any unwanted and destructive insect or other animal that attacks food or crops or livestock etc.

    "he sprayed the garden to get rid of pests"; "many pests have developed resistance to the common pesticides"

词组短语

pest control害虫防治

pest management病虫害控制；病虫害治理；有害生物管理

insect pest害虫

同近义词辨析

worm, pest, bug, insect

这组词都有“虫，昆虫”的意思，其区别是：

worm侧重指蚯蚓、蚕、毛虫等小而无骨的虫。

pest指有害的昆虫或有害的小动物。

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。

双语例句

用作名词(n.)

1. Stores of grain are frequently attacked by pests.
   储存的谷物经常受到害虫的破坏。
2. It won't be long before we can be rid of the pest altogether.
   不要太久，我们就能把这种害虫消除干净。
3. That child is being a real pest.
   那个孩子真讨厌。
4. 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。

权威例句

PEST sequences and regulation by proteolysis.
PEST: Efficient Estimates on Probability Functions
Entomology and pest management. 2nd ed.
Insect pest management in tropical Asian irrigated rice
Related Articles,PEST sequences and regulation by proteolysis
Rechsteiner M, Rogers SW.. PEST sequences and regulation by proteolysis. Trends Biochem Sci 21: 267-271
Amino acid sequences common to rapidly degraded proteins: the PEST hypothesis.
Consortium TGS. The genome of the model beetle and pest Tribolium castaneum. Nature 452(7190)
A Risk-Assessment System for Screening out Invasive Pest Plants from Hawaii and Other Pacific Islands
Sustainability of transgenic insecticidal cultivars: integrating pest genetics and ecology.