英 [ˌpestɪˈlenʃ(ə)l] 美 [ˌpestɪˈlenʃ(ə)l]
adj. 引起瘟疫的；瘟疫似的；讨厌的
pestilential /ˌpɛstɪˈlɛnʃəl/
形容词 Pestilential is used to refer to things that cause disease or are caused by disease. 导致疾病的; 疾病导致的
...people who were dependent for their water supply on this pestilential stream.
...那些靠这条致病的河流来取水的人们。
...a pestilential fever.
...疠热
形容词 Pestilential animals destroy crops or exist in such large numbers that they cause harm. (动物)有害的; 危害农作物的
likely to spread and cause an epidemic disease
a pestilential malignancy in the air
同义词： pestilent / pestiferous / plaguey
传染性的;致命的
有害的
... pestilence 瘟疫 pestilent 致命的 pestilential 瘟疫的 ...
...onable; obnoxious; pernicious; pestilential; poisonous; prejudicial; social evil; socialevil; toxic - beneficial 有害的, 伤害的 harmful ..
A few huts were the only habitations to be seen in these pestilential regions.
这倒霉地方唯一可看到的住人的地方就是那几间小屋。
Pestilence is a fierce and infective disease which is caused by the pestilential pathogen.
疫病是由感受疫疠之气引起的一种具有强烈传染性的疾病。
They first attacked the children, winding round their bodies and breathing their pestilential breath in their faces.
它们首先袭击两个孩子，缠在他们身上，对著他们的面孔喷毒气。
As they report in Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research, the researchers found that several pestilential organisms were affected by the oil.
ECONOMIST: Tobacco extracts protect plants from pests and pathogens
Most of them have had but a single gene tweaked, either to make them poisonous to pestilential insects or resistant to a particular herbicide so that it can be used freely.