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rife

/rahyf/US // raɪf //UK // (raɪf) //

来福,利福,来福酒

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : of common or frequent occurrence; prevalent; in widespread existence, activity, or use: Crime is rife in the slum areas of our cities.
    • : current in speech or report: Rumors are rife that the government is in financial difficulty.
    • : abundant, plentiful, or numerous.
    • : abounding.

Synonyms & Antonyms

adj.overflowing

Examples

  • Running Twitter was rife with concerns about managing the heat in a September edition of the Boston Marathon.

  • Many of her students live in two- or three-bedroom apartments with families of up to eight people, creating an environment rife with distractions.

  • They are contingent on assumptions that can change overnight, and as a result they are rife with uncertainty.

  • So are farmed salmon, farmed shrimp, and cat food, which relies on meal made out of small fish caught in fisheries rife with human suffering.

  • The unofficial board has hosted virtual events, including live commentary during Wednesday’s Senate hearing at which Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg testified to a committee rife with skeptical legislators.

  • The banlieue setting is rough and rife with violence and drug trafficking.

  • (Referenda tend to be expensive, rife with misinformation, and favorable to extreme positions).

  • Adding insult to injury for these ethnically distinct residents, discrimination and racism are rife on a daily basis.

  • It is all a result of segregated communities where illiteracy is rife and the men think they can get away with anything.

  • The years between 26 and 34 are rife with those kinds of life changes so heavy they earn moniker of “milestones.”

  • Foot and mouth disease had for some time been rife in Great Britain and Ireland, and legislation became necessary.

  • Blood-shed, oppression, extortion, and all the instinctive habits of the shrewd savage were again rife.

  • Never had her solemn vows of obedience been so utterly despised; never had the temptation to evil been so rife in her heart.

  • Speculation on this point was rife everywhere, and on no one had it a stronger hold than on Howard himself.

  • Rumours of a fleet to be commanded by Stukeley were again rife, and some talked of as many as fifty ships.