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

• He leads a party in which corruption is rife.
  他领导着一个腐败横行的党派。
• The idea of an elopement with him will make your family rife with tension.
  与他私奔的想法，会让你的家人很紧张。
• 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。
• Although, he admits that the real world is rife with inequality.
  尽管如此，他也承认现实世界里不平等的现象随处可见。
• 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。
• Hollywood soon became rife with rumors.
  整个好莱坞顿时流言四起。
• The proposal is also rife with latent conflict of interest issues.
  这项提议还存在许多潜在的利益冲突问题。
• Driven by low interest rates and an economy rife with uncertainty, Corporate America is awash with cash.
  由于低利率和充满不确定感的经济环境，美国公司手握大量现金。
• After he was dropped from the team, speculation about his future plans was rife.
  他退队以后，对他未来计划的猜测纷纷而起。
• Last year fears were rife that the CDs sphere could pose a systemic threat.
  去年，对cds领域可能构成系统性威胁的担忧非常普遍。