pestiferous + noun
pestiferous 作定语,修饰引起瘟疫或对社会有害的事物。
The city was plagued by pestiferous rats.
这座城市饱受传播疾病的老鼠的困扰。
传播疾病的;致疫的;引起瘟疫的
危害社会的;伤风败俗的;令人讨厌的;烦人的;含有引起传染病的微生物的。;令人烦恼的,讨厌的。
Contaminated with infecting organisms; likely to spread and cause an epidemic disease.
含有引起传染病的微生物的。
containing organisms that cause contagious diseases
令人烦恼的,讨厌的。
annoying, vexatious
The pestiferous noise from the construction site made it hard to concentrate.
建筑工地传来的烦人噪音让人难以集中注意力。
用法提示:形容词 pestiferous 在这里表示“烦人的、讨厌的”,修饰名词 noise。
My neighbor's pestiferous dog barks all night and keeps everyone awake.
我邻居那条烦人的狗整夜叫,吵得大家都睡不着。
用法提示:形容词 pestiferous 修饰 dog,表达“烦人”的意思。
Those pestiferous sales calls interrupt our dinner every evening.
那些烦人的推销电话每天晚饭时都会打扰我们。
用法提示:形容词 pestiferous 修饰 sales calls,表示“令人讨厌的”。
pestiferous 作定语,修饰引起瘟疫或对社会有害的事物。
The city was plagued by pestiferous rats.
这座城市饱受传播疾病的老鼠的困扰。
pestiferous 作表语,表示令人讨厌或有害的。
The conditions in the refugee camp were pestiferous.
难民营的条件非常恶劣,令人不快。
it 作形式主语,真正主语为不定式,强调做某事令人烦恼。
It is pestiferous to have to deal with such bureaucracy.
不得不应付这种官僚作风真让人恼火。
grammar · medium
易错句子The pestiferous is a threat to public health.
正确表达The pestiferous disease is a threat to public health.
在中文中,‘pestiferous’常被误用作名词,意为‘有害物’,但实际上它是形容词,后面必须跟被修饰的名词。改正后添加了'disease',使句子语法正确。
grammar · medium
易错句子Stop pestifering me with your complaints.
正确表达Stop your pestiferous complaints.
学习者可能将‘pestiferous’与‘pester’混淆,错误地将其当作动词使用。实际上,‘pestiferous’是形容词,应直接修饰名词‘complaints’。
与pestiferous相比,pestilential更强调引起大规模瘟疫或传染病,而pestiferous还可指危害社会或令人讨厌。
pernicious强调缓慢或难以察觉的致命危害,而pestiferous更直接与疾病或社会败坏相关。
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