詞彙精選：pest的用法和辨析
一、詳細釋義：
n.
瘟疫，鼠疫 [C]
例句：
"At one point I was woken up at two in the morning by a guy on a cell phone hunting pest beavers in Montezuma, " says Gorbunova.
Gorbunova說：“記得在Montezuma我凌晨兩點被一個捕殺患有鼠疫的海狸的傢伙吵醒。”
例句：
Ironically, Europe, which had bequeathed the rabbit as a pest to Australia acquired this man-made disease as a pestilence.
具有諷刺意味的是，歐洲把這種兔子作爲有害動物傳到澳洲，後來歐洲卻從澳洲染上了這一被視爲瘟疫的人造疾。
害蟲，害人蟲 [C]
例句：
The mountain bark beetle is a familiar pest in the forests of British Columbia.
山樹皮甲蟲是不列顛哥倫比亞省森林裏常見的害蟲。
例句：
And move over bedbugs, there's a new pest in town, at least if you live in the Eastern United States.
先撇開臭蟲不說，現在城鎮裏又出現一種新害蟲，至少如果你住在美國東部的話就會發現。
討厭鬼，害人蟲
例句：
That disobedient boy is a pest.
那不聽話的男孩令人討厭。
例句：
My little brother is a pest when he spoils my games.
我的小弟弟破壞我的各種遊戲真討厭。
二、詞義辨析：
bug,insect,pest,worm
這些名詞均含“蟲，昆蟲”之意。bug指小昆蟲，尤指吸血的臭蟲，也可指細菌。insect含義廣泛，多指螞蟻、黃蜂、蟬等等。pest指有害的昆蟲或有害的小動物。worm側重指蚯蚓、蠶、毛蟲等小而無骨的蟲。
三、相關短語：
fowl pest
雞瘟
tin pest
錫瘟，錫疫
四、參考例句：
The mountain bark beetle is a familiar pest in the forests of British Columbia.
山樹皮甲蟲是不列顛哥倫比亞省森林裏常見的害蟲。
He rates with the best heavyweight boxers of the pest fifty.
他是50年來最優秀的重量級拳擊師之一。
The mountain bark beetle is a familiar pest in the forests of British Columbia.
山樹皮甲蟲是不列顛哥倫比亞省森林裏常見的害蟲。
My little brother is a pest when he spoils my games.
我的小弟弟破壞我的各種遊戲真討厭。
Police called in a pest controller to deal with the swarm.
警方叫來一名害蟲處理專家來處理蜂羣。
The use of integrated pest management will expand in the twenty-first century
在二十一世紀，害蟲綜合治理的應用將擴大。
Ironically, Europe, which had bequeathed the rabbit as a pest to Australia acquired this man-made disease as a pestilence.
具有諷刺意味的是，歐洲把這種兔子作爲有害動物傳到澳洲，後來歐洲卻從澳洲染上了這一被視爲瘟疫的人造疾。
Ivela ochropoda is one of the main defoliator pest occurred in Ulmus pumila, and is very serious in Wuqi County.
榆毒蛾是榆樹的食葉害蟲之一，在吳起縣發生嚴重。
Remember, there is a fine line between being persistent and a pest, so do your best to toe that line.
記住，堅持和煩人只有一步之遙，所以管好自己別腳滑了。
Finding a rodent on the couch would see most people racing for the phone to dial pest control.
看到巨大的的齧齒動物出現在沙發上，大多數人都會趕快打電話給害蟲防控中心吧。
