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单词 rife
释义
rife
adjective[after verb]
formal
uk
/raɪf/us
/raɪf/
If somethingunpleasantis rife, it is verycommonorhappensa lot:
（指不良事物）盛行的；流行的；普遍的
Dysentery andmalariaare rife in therefugeecamps.痢疾和疟疾在难民营肆虐。
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples
happening or seen often
  • commonWorking from home has become increasingly common.
  • rifeViolence was rife throughout the city.
  • commonplaceEarthquakes are a commonplace occurrence in California.
  • be two/ten a pennyUKGood designers are two a penny, but great designers are worth their weight in gold.
  • be a dime a dozenUSThose cheap little metal cars are a dime a dozen. You can get them anywhere.
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rife withsomething
fullof somethingunpleasant:
充满；充斥
Theofficewas rife withrumours.办公室里谣言层出不穷。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Plain and ordinary
  • as it comesidiom
  • austere
  • austerely
  • austerity
  • average Joe
  • generalized
  • homeliness
  • homely
  • homespun
  • homey
  • run-of-the-mill
  • severe
  • severely
  • simple
  • something/nothing to shout aboutidiom
  • unoriginal
  • unostentatiously
  • unremarkable
  • well trodden
  • workaday
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(Definition ofrifefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

rife| American Dictionary

rife
adjective[not gradable]
us
/rɑɪf/
(of somethingunpleasant) verycommonorfrequent:
Graft andcorruptionwere rife incitygovernment.
If aplaceis rife with somethingunpleasant, it isfullof it:
Theofficeis rife withrumorsthat many of us will befired.
(Definition ofrifefrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Corruption has not only beenrifebut is openly practised by all politicians of all parties.
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High wartime profits were particularlyrifeamong food suppliers, raising suspicions of speculation.
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Although this is an extreme example, bad performance isrifein studies of adult concept learning.
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Cognitive science isrifewith ideas that offend our intuitions.
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Accordingly, he speculates that pivotlessness should berifeamong morphologically ergative languages.
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The motif of the wall isrifewith mystical associations that will be discussed below.
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The story that resides in this evidence isrifewith compelling affirmations of his welldeserved acclaim.
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Moreover, natural language isrifewith constructions that depend crucially on differences between assumed speaker and hearer knowledge.
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Considering where the camp was situated, it was no surprise that disease wasrife, particularly malaria and dysentery.
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704 exposed to criticism communicated between their parents, resulting in a family emotional climaterifewith negativity across relationships.
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Even where lordly interference was minimal and rents and fines were low, moreover, ' engrossment and social polarisation wererife' (p. 309).
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Although these findings enjoy considerable theoretical and intuitive appeal, research on individual differences in rates of political participation is hardlyrifewith attention to extroversion.
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The disadvantage of implicit semantics is that they arerifewith ambiguity.
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In effect, this extends the range of their professional gaze of social control into the private realm,rifewith crime and corruption.
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In the absence of firm guidance from game theory, speculation has beenrifein the theoretical literature on the commons; some, empirically dubious.
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