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 sponsored walk will raise money for AIDS care.
  本次慈善步行活动将为艾滋病人筹款。
• 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。
• 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。
• We must use shock tactics if we are to stop Aids becoming another accepted 20th-century disease.
  如果不想让艾滋病成为20世纪又一常见疾病，我们必须让人们对它产生恐惧。
• The concert will raise funds for research into Aids.
  这场音乐会将为艾滋病研究筹款。
• He believes AIDS is our collective nemesis
  他认为艾滋病是对我们所有人的惩罚。
• 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 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 contracted AIDS from a blood transfusion
  他因为输血而感染了艾滋病。