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

• 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。
• AIDS stands for Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
  AIDS是获得性免疫缺损综合征的缩写。
• 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 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• He said it was wrong to single out any section of society for Aids testing
  他说把社会中的任何一部分人抽选出来做艾滋病检查都是不对的。
• There's a time lag between infection with HIV and developing AIDS
  从感染艾滋病病毒到病发有一段滞后期。
• He believes AIDS is our collective nemesis
  他认为艾滋病是对我们所有人的惩罚。