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.
雙語例句
1. One hundred million rats are killed each year by pest exterminators.
每年滅鼠人員都會殺死1億只老鼠。
來自柯林斯例句
2. That disobedient boy is a pest.
那不聽話的男孩令人討厭.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
3. Through drawing lessons from PEST model in marketing, Section Two.
第二部分通過借鑒營銷學PEST模型, 分析了當前報業情感訴求策略的環境.
來自互聯網
4. The image of the fox as a pest is grossly exaggerated in anecdote and folklore.
狐貍的害人精形象在傳聞和民間故事中遭到嚴重的夸大。
來自柯林斯例句
5. He climbed on the table, pulled my hair, and was generally a pest.