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

• They will be helped by the very latest in navigation aids
  他们将会受益于最新的导航系统。
• On a global scale, AIDS may well become the leading cause of infant death.
  艾滋病很可能会成为造成全球婴儿死亡的首要原因。
• 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。
• He intends to talk to young people about the dangers of AIDS.
  他打算和青年人谈谈艾滋病的危害。
• In the effort to understand AIDS, attention is moving from the virus to the immune system.
  为了解艾滋病，人们的注意力从艾滋病病毒转向了免疫系统。
• The title is perhaps an allusion to AIDS.
  该题目可能暗指艾滋病。
• He believes AIDS is our collective nemesis
  他认为艾滋病是对我们所有人的惩罚。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。