【每日一词】rife - /ˈrīf / adj. 流行的；普遍的；盛传的
1: prevalent especially to an increasing degree // suspicion and cruelty were rife
—W. E. B. Du Bois
2: ABUNDANT, COMMON
3: copiously supplied : ABOUNDING —usually used with with
// rife with rumors
短语:
sparse rife 稀少的
sinking rife 或沉降率愈小
rife with rumors 充斥着谣言
Rife With Problems 千疮百孔
telecom rife service 电信普遍服务
be rife with scientific inaccurancy 充斥着不科学的场景
例句
They carry dengue fever, which is rife here at the moment.
它们携带着登革热病毒，目前登革热在这里很流行。
The headline says that alien species are running rife.
标题说，外星物种正在肆虐。
Within a few years, vampirism seemed to be rife in Eastern Europe.
When faced with extreme challenges, the rumor mill is rife, so providing real facts and decision points is critical to ensuring that employees know what is changing and why instead of speculating.
—Vibhas Ratanjee, Forbes, 13 Mar. 2025
Rumor-mongering is rife, with anyone and everyone weighing in on contract negotiations that are supposed to be confidential.
—Joelle Diderich, WWD, 4 Mar. 2025
Wall Street investors regularly financed slaving expeditions, and bribery of customs officers and juries was rife.
—Julian Lucas, The New Yorker, 24 Feb. 2025
Speculation about when the season would move ahead has been rife since Sky Deutschland pulled out of original content in July 2023.
—Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 24 Feb. 2025
