AIDS

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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

• 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。
• We can now talk openly about AIDS which we couldn't before
  现在我们能公开谈论以前讳言不提的艾滋病问题。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• The title is perhaps an allusion to AIDS.
  该题目可能暗指艾滋病。
• The interchange of ideas aids an understanding of family dynamics.
  思想的交流有助于理解家庭动态。
• AIDS stands for Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
  AIDS是获得性免疫缺损综合征的缩写。
• 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。
• 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。