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.