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.
例文
1. One hundred million rats are killed each year by pest exterminators.
毎年ネズミ退治員は1億匹のネズミを殺す。
2.That disobedient boy is a pest .
言うことを聞かない男の子は嫌だ。
3.Through drawing lessons from PEST model in marketing,Section Two.
第2部はマーケティング PEST モデルを参考にして、現在の新聞業の感情訴求戦略の環境を分析した。
4.The image of the fox as a pest is grossly exaggerated in anecdote and folklore.
狐の害人精神は噂や民話で深刻に誇張されている。
5.He climbed on the table,pulled my hair,and was generally a pest .