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.
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.