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 title is perhaps an allusion to AIDS.
  该题目可能暗指艾滋病。
• Some people have the erroneous notion that one can contract AIDS by giving blood
  一些人错误地认为献血会让人感染艾滋病。
• AIDS stands for Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
  AIDS是获得性免疫缺损综合征的缩写。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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 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。
• He believes AIDS is our collective nemesis
  他认为艾滋病是对我们所有人的惩罚。