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

• 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。
• They have been reluctant to admit AIDS patients, in part because of unfounded fears of contagion
  他们一直不愿接纳艾滋病患者，部分原因是无来由地害怕被接触传染。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Connecticut agreed to end its segregation of prison inmates suffering from AIDS.
  康涅狄格州同意不再隔离患艾滋病的囚犯。
• 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。
• AIDS stands for Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
  AIDS是获得性免疫缺损综合征的缩写。