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

• 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。
• He believes AIDS is our collective nemesis
  他认为艾滋病是对我们所有人的惩罚。
• 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。
• This new attitude is good news to AIDS activists.
  这种新态度对艾滋病活动家来说是件好事。
• Officials admit the actual number of AIDS victims is much higher than statistics reflect.
  官员们承认艾滋病患者的实际数量比统计所显示的数字要大得多。
• We can now talk openly about AIDS which we couldn't before
  现在我们能公开谈论以前讳言不提的艾滋病问题。
• He played a cameo role, that of a young Aids patient in hospital.
  他扮演一个非常出彩的小角色：一名住院的年轻艾滋病患者。
• The official number of people carrying the AIDS virus is low
  艾滋病病毒携带者的官方数字并不高。
• He contracted AIDS from a blood transfusion
  他因为输血而感染了艾滋病。
• The interchange of ideas aids an understanding of family dynamics.
  思想的交流有助于理解家庭动态。