pest

英 [pest] 美[pɛst]
  • n. 害虫;有害之物;讨厌的人
  • n. (Pest)人名;(德、捷)佩斯特

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中文词源


pest 害虫,害鸟

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。

词态变化


复数: pests;

助记提示


1. 谐音:拍死它.

双语例句


1. 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。

来自柯林斯例句

2. That disobedient boy is a pest.
那不听话的男孩令人讨厌.

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3. Through drawing lessons from PEST model in marketing, Section Two.
第二部分通过借鉴营销学PEST模型, 分析了当前报业情感诉求策略的环境.

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4. 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。

来自柯林斯例句

5. 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。

来自柯林斯例句

英文词源


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.