AIDS

英 [eɪdz]

美 [eɪdz]

n.  艾滋病(全写为Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome，获得性免疫缺陷综合征)

高考IELTSTEM8计算机

Collins.4 / BNC.3757 / COCA.1793

牛津词典

noun

• 艾滋病（全写为Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome，获得性免疫缺陷综合征）
  the abbreviation for Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (an illness which attacks the body's ability to resist infection and which usually causes death)
  1. AIDS research/education/victims
     艾滋病研究 / 教育 / 患者
  2. He developed full-blown AIDS five years after contracting HIV.
     他感染艾滋病病毒五年以后，患上了完全型艾滋病。

柯林斯词典

• 艾滋病；获得性免疫缺陷综合征
  AIDSis a disease which destroys the natural system of protection that the body has against other diseases.AIDSis an abbreviation for (缩略=) 'acquired immune deficiency syndrome'.

双语例句

• The new law gives authorities a responsibility to provide aids to the disabled
  新法律规定当局有责任为残疾人提供帮助。
• The interchange of ideas aids an understanding of family dynamics.
  思想的交流有助于理解家庭动态。
• Many areas in the country's interior are unable to report Aids cases immediately.
  该国内地的很多地区无法即时报告艾滋病病例。
• They are not given hearing aids or taught to lip-read.
  没有给他们提供助听设备，也没教过他们唇读。
• Now Martin has begun to suffer the effects of AIDS, and he says his time is running out
  现在马丁开始遭受艾滋病的折磨，他说他的生命就要走到尽头。
• They have been reluctant to admit AIDS patients, in part because of unfounded fears of contagion
  他们一直不愿接纳艾滋病患者，部分原因是无来由地害怕被接触传染。
• He believes AIDS is our collective nemesis
  他认为艾滋病是对我们所有人的惩罚。
• The title is perhaps an allusion to AIDS.
  该题目可能暗指艾滋病。
• Experts wonder why the US government is not taking similarly strong actions against AIDS in this country
  专家们对为什么美国政府没在这个国家采取类似的强硬措施来对抗艾滋病而感到疑惑。
• This year's budget for AIDS prevention probably won't be much higher.
  今年用于防治艾滋病的预算很可能不会比往年高很多。