風城芝加哥再度成爲美國老鼠最多的城市

The Windy City is still the "Rattiest City," according to an informal study.

根據一項非正式的調查顯示，風城（美國芝加哥）依舊是“老鼠最多的城市”。

For the third-straight year, Chicago topped U.S. metro areas in pest-control company Orkin's Top 50 Rattiest Cities list released recently.

在蟲害防治公司奧爾金於近日公佈的老鼠較多的前五十名城市榜單中，芝加哥的城區連續第三年位居榜首。

Orkin ranked cities by the amount of rodent treatments the company completed in the year that ended Sept. 15.

奧爾金公司按照從年初至9月15日該公司完成統計的齧齒類動物治理的數量，對所有城市進行了排名。

While the ranking is less than scientific (and self-serving), there's other evidence that Chi-Town belongs up there among vermin hot spots.

儘管這些排名不太科學（個人數據），但是還有其他證據表明芝加哥屬於蟲害嚴重的熱點城市。

According to DNAInfo in Chicago, the nation's third-largest city fielded 39,000 rat complaints in 2017, a 30-percent increase over 2016.

據芝加哥DNAInfo報道，2017年，這座全美的第三大城市，共有39000起有關老鼠的市民投訴，比2016年增長了30%。

"Chicago has tried just about everything to control a burgeoning rat population fueled by a construction boom and a mild winter," the Chicago Sun-Times wrote. "None of it has worked in a city seemingly overrun by rodents."

《芝加哥太陽報》是這樣報道的：“芝加哥已經盡其所能地控制由於建築設施產熱和冬季溫和所造成老鼠的大量繁殖。但這些措施似乎並沒有在這座齧齒動物橫行的城市起到效果。”