pest /pɛst/ CET6 TEM4

• 1. 

  N-COUNT Pests are insects or small animals that damage crops or food supplies. 害虫; 有害的小动物

  例：

  ...crops which are resistant to some of the major insect pests and diseases.

  …能抵抗一些主要病虫害的庄稼。

  例：

  Each year ten percent of the crop is lost to a pest called corn rootworm.

  每年有10%的作物受损于一种叫做玉米根虫的害虫。

• 2. 

  N-COUNT You can describe someone, especially a child, as a pest if they keep bothering you. 讨厌鬼 (尤指小孩) [非正式]

  例：

  He climbed on the table, pulled my hair, and was generally a pest.

  他爬上桌子，揪我的头发，真是个讨厌鬼。