| 单词 | rife |
| 释义 | rife (once / 2715 pages) adj Use the adjective rife to mean "full of" or "widespread," especially when you're talking about something negative. If the lifeguard says the water is rife with jellyfish, you're not going to want to swim in it. Not to be confused with the word ripe (“fully developed”), rife means “abundant” or “prevalent.” Rife can follow the word it’s describing, as in “corruption was rife during his administration.” More commonly, however, rife comes before the word it modifies, accompanied by the preposition with, as in “the class was rife with yawns” or “her story was rife with inconsistencies.” WORD FAMILYrife: rifely, rifer, rifest USAGE EXAMPLESLocal and foreign non-governmental organisations say corruption is rife in Egypt. BBC(Jan 02, 2017) Consumers balked at ads rife with racist, sexist and violent undertones, including a billboard of a female character being strangled. Wall Street Journal(Dec 28, 2016) In Indonesia, for example, competition is rife, with strong local players such as online marketplace Tokopedia. Wall Street Journal(Dec 27, 2016) 1adj excessively abundant Syn overabundant, plethoric abundant present in great quantity 2adj most frequent or common Syn dominant, predominant, prevailing, prevalent frequent coming at short intervals or habitually |
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