infestations

英 [ˌɪnfɛsˈteɪʃənz]

美 [ˌɪnˌfɛˈsteɪʃənz]

n.  骚扰，侵袭，扰害，横行；（盗贼、鼠、虫等的）成群出现
infestation的复数

柯林斯词典

• VERB (昆虫、老鼠等)大批出没于,侵扰
  When creatures such as insects or ratsinfestplants or a place, they are present in large numbers and cause damage.
  1. ...pests like aphids which infest cereal crops.
     像蚜虫这样大肆侵害谷物的害虫
• VERB 遍布于;充斥
  If you say that people or things you disapprove of or regard as dangerousare infestinga place, you mean that there are large numbers of them in that place.
  1. Crime and drugs are infesting the inner cities.
     市中心充斥着犯罪与毒品。

双语例句

• Historically, areas of Africa have experienced periodic locusts infestations, which can completely destroy crops.
  历史上，非洲地区蝗虫侵扰经历周期，它可以完全摧毁农作物。
• Recent experiments with catnip and cockroach infestations concluded that it is an effective repellent for this type of insect as well.
  最近的实验与猫和蟑螂横行的结论是，这是一种有效的驱避这类昆虫以及。
• Insect infestations in certain cotton-growing regions of the world have caused dramatic increase in the price of cotton on the world market.
  害虫在世界范围内的棉花种植区肆虐导致了棉花价格的飞涨。
• The worst drought to hit the United States since the 1930s has farmers coping with a number of impacts, from cyanide poisoning in cattle to fungal infestations in corn.
  美国遭受自20世纪30年代以来最严重的旱灾，农民忙着应付一系列的冲击，从牛氰化物中毒到玉米被真菌污染。
• Pest control dangerous goods store an anthelmintic used to treat hookworm and pinworm and roundworm infestations.
  防治虫鼠危险物品仓用来治疗十二指肠、蛲虫和蛔虫横行的杀虫。
• But what's happening is the news media attention focusing on these isolated infestations here and there creates a huge concern among people and I think we have to keep a bit of this in perspective.
  但因为媒体的大肆报道这种孤立的寄生虫，在人群中间出现了许多的焦虑和恐慌，我认为这是值得商榷的。
• Their pocket-size farm had been plagued with insect infestations.
  他们的超微型农场虫害频频。
• Aiming treatment at those animals would reduce the likelihood of resistance emerging without harming a farmer's ability to control infestations.
  集中治疗这些动物则会降低耐药性发生的可能性，同时也不会损害农民控制虫害的能力。
• Heavy infestations of aphids result in the secretion of honeydew from their bodies.
  在蚜虫蜜露分泌导致的虫害，从他们的身体。
• This area in central Africa has been struggling to cope with the devastating impact of drought and locusts infestations.
  这方面一直挣扎在中部非洲的破坏性影响为应付干旱和蝗虫侵扰。