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. 她在54岁时死于一种与AIDs有关的疾病。
Extra ExamplesTopics Illnessb2Six 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
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- full-blown
- case
- be infected with
- fight
- have
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- patient
- sufferer
- victim
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- the spread of AIDS