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

• 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 decision as to which infections and infestations should be included among the STD's is therefore somewhat arbitrary.
  至于性传播传染病与虫害侵扰性疾病都应该包括在性传播疾病内的决断因而是略微武断的。
• 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。
• This makes rats particularly susceptible to poisoning ( hence its popularity in controlling rat infestations).
  这使得老鼠特别容易中毒（因此这是控制鼠患的好方法）。
• 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。
• The arrival of warm weather raises the spectre of disease and increased rat infestations caused by rotting garbage.
  天气转暖使人们担心垃圾腐烂会引起疾病传播和鼠群猖獗。
• It publishes the most current research on the microbiological aspects of human and animal infections and infestations, with emphasis on their diagnosis and epidemiology.
  该网站主要出版最新的关于侵染人和动物的微生物生物学的相关研究，主要集中在该类疾病的诊断与流行学上的研究。
• 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。
• These pigs had acquired lungworm infestations presumably containing masked influenza virus under natural conditions.
  这些猪在自然条件下已受到含有隐蔽流感病毒的肺丝虫寄生。
• An anthelmintic used to treat hookworm and pinworm and roundworm infestations.
  包虫病棘球绦虫感染用来治疗十二指肠、蛲虫和蛔虫横行的杀虫。