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 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。
• Many areas in the country's interior are unable to report Aids cases immediately.
  该国内地的很多地区无法即时报告艾滋病病例。
• 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。
• The interchange of ideas aids an understanding of family dynamics.
  思想的交流有助于理解家庭动态。
• 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。
• He contracted AIDS from a blood transfusion
  他因为输血而感染了艾滋病。
• 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 concert will raise funds for research into Aids.
  这场音乐会将为艾滋病研究筹款。
• 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。