rife

英 [raɪf]

美 [raɪf]

adj.  (坏事)盛行，普遍; 充斥，充满(坏事)

GRE

Collins.1 / BNC.13754 / COCA.14019

牛津词典

adj.

• （坏事）盛行，普遍
  if sth bad or unpleasant is rife in a place, it is very common there
  1. It is a country where corruption is rife.
     这是个腐败成风的国家。
  2. Rumours are rife that he is going to resign.
     到处都在传，说他要辞职了。
• 充斥，充满（坏事）
  full of sth bad or unpleasant
  1. Los Angeles is rife with gossip about the stars' private lives.
     洛杉矶盛传明星私生活的流言飞语。

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED （通常指坏事）普遍的，盛行的，常见的，充斥的
  If you say that something, usually something bad, isrifein a place or that the place isrife withit, you mean that it is very common.
  1. Speculation is rife that he will be sacked...
     人们纷纷猜测他会被解雇。
  2. Bribery and corruption were rife in the industry...
     在这个行业中，贿赂和腐败现象猖獗。
  3. Hollywood soon became rife with rumors.
     整个好莱坞顿时流言四起。

英英释义

adj

• excessively abundant
  Synonym:overabundantplethoric
• most frequent or common
  1. prevailing winds
  Synonym:prevailingprevalentpredominantdominant

双语例句

• At the same time, their own existence is rife with contradiction.
  与此同时，他们自身的存在也充满了矛盾。
• But what is becoming clear is that the landscape is rife with beggar-thy-neighbour possibilities.
  但日益明显的是，目前局面充满了以邻为壑政策的可能性。
• She is not mentioned in the Iliad or Odyssey though magic was rife in Homeric times.
  她是中没有提到或伊利亚特奥德赛虽然充满神奇的是在荷马时代。
• Hollywood soon became rife with rumors.
  整个好莱坞顿时流言四起。
• The world economy is rife with lawlessness and recklessness, with tax havens and regulation-free zones catering to the avarice of globally mobile capital.
  世界经济充满了违法和草率的行为，众多避税天堂和不受监管的地区迎合了全球流动资本的贪欲。
• The whole city was rife with rumors of political corruption and bribery.
  全城充斥着政治腐败和贿赂的谣言。
• Drug abuse is rife among prisoners.
  囚犯吸毒是很普遍的事。
• And confusion between companies and what they did became rife.
  公司之间的混乱以及他们的所作所为越来越普遍。
• Bribery and corruption were rife in the industry
  在这个行业中，贿赂和腐败现象猖獗。
• He leads a party in which corruption is rife.
  他领导着一个腐败横行的党派。