수능 문맥 사전

pest

뜻: 해충

1. Simply maintaining yields at current levels often requires new cultivars and management methods, since pests and diseases continue to evolve, and aspects of the chemical, physical, and social environment can change over several decades. (2022년 시행 6월 모평 38번)
2. Developing new, broadly effective, and persistent pesticides often was considered to be the best way to control pests on crop plants. (2022년 시행 6월 모평 38번)
3. Since that time, it has become apparent that broadly effective pesticides can have harmful effects on beneficial insects, which can negate their effects in controlling pests, and that persistent pesticides can damage non-target organisms in the ecosystem, such as birds and people. (2022년 시행 6월 모평 38번)
4. Consequently, more consideration is being given to other ways to manage pests, such as incorporating greater resistance to pests into cultivars by breeding and using other biological control methods. (2022년 시행 6월 모평 38번)
5. This has been spectacularly successful in many instances, with a number of pest problems permanently resolved by importation and successful establishment of natural enemies. (2018년 시행 6월 모평 22번)