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 sponsored walk will raise money for AIDS care.
  本次慈善步行活动将为艾滋病人筹款。
• 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。
• The concert will raise funds for research into Aids.
  这场音乐会将为艾滋病研究筹款。
• 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。
• Sex education is also expected to help check the spread of AIDS.
  人们还希望性教育有助于控制艾滋病的蔓延。
• 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。
• They are not given hearing aids or taught to lip-read.
  没有给他们提供助听设备，也没教过他们唇读。
• 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。