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AIDS

noun
 
🔊/eɪdz/
🔊/eɪdz/
(British English usually Aids)
[uncountable]
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  1. an illness that attacks the body’s ability to resist infection and that usually causes death (the abbreviation for ‘Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome’)艾滋病（全写为 Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome，获得性免疫缺陷综合征）
    • AIDS research/education/victims艾滋病研究／教育／患者
    • 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。🔊🔊
    • She died of an AIDs-related illness at the age of 54.她死于与艾滋病有关的疾病，享年54岁。
    Extra Examples
    • Six cases of AIDS have been reported.已报告了 6 例艾滋病。
    • a worldwide campaign to prevent the spread of AIDS防止艾滋病传播的全球运动
    • people fighting AIDS与艾滋病作斗争的人
    Topics Illnessb2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • full-blown
    … of AIDS
    • case
    verb + AIDS
    • be infected with
    • fight
    • have
    • …
    AIDS + noun
    • patient
    • sufferer
    • victim
    • …
    phrases
    • the spread of AIDS
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