AIDS

noun

1. 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。

1. 艾滋病；获得性免疫缺陷综合征
   AIDS is a disease which destroys the natural system of protection that the body has against other diseases. AIDS is an abbreviation for (缩略=) 'acquired immune deficiency syndrome'.

1. Officials admit the actual number of AIDS victims is much higher than statistics reflect.
   官员们承认艾滋病患者的实际数量比统计所显示的数字要大得多。
2. The new law gives authorities a responsibility to provide aids to the disabled
   新法律规定当局有责任为残疾人提供帮助。
3. The title is perhaps an allusion to AIDS.
   该题目可能暗指艾滋病。
4. 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。
5. 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。
6. The official number of people carrying the AIDS virus is low
   艾滋病病毒携带者的官方数字并不高。
7. 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。
8. 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。
9. He contracted AIDS from a blood transfusion
   他因为输血而感染了艾滋病。
10. The interchange of ideas aids an understanding of family dynamics.
    思想的交流有助于理解家庭动态。
11. Some people have the erroneous notion that one can contract AIDS by giving blood
    一些人错误地认为献血会让人感染艾滋病。
12. The concert will raise funds for research into Aids.
    这场音乐会将为艾滋病研究筹款。
13. 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。
14. 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。
15. 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。
16. 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。
17. He believes AIDS is our collective nemesis
    他认为艾滋病是对我们所有人的惩罚。
18. 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。
19. 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。
20. The book analyses the social and political ramifications of AIDS for the gay community.
    这本书分析了艾滋病给同性恋群体所带来的社会和政治影响。
21. 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。
22. 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。
23. We must use shock tactics if we are to stop Aids becoming another accepted 20th-century disease.
    如果不想让艾滋病成为20世纪又一常见疾病，我们必须让人们对它产生恐惧。
24. 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。
25. AIDS stands for Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
    AIDS是获得性免疫缺损综合征的缩写。
26. 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。
27. Now Martin has begun to suffer the effects of AIDS, and he says his time is running out
    现在马丁开始遭受艾滋病的折磨，他说他的生命就要走到尽头。
28. 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。
29. 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。
30. 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。