rife

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishriferife /raɪf/ adjective 1 [not before noun]COMMON if something bad or unpleasant is rife, it is very common Violent crime is rife in our inner cities.► see thesaurus at common2 → rife with something3 → run rifeExamples from the Corpusrife• Pitt was a great philanthropist and wanted to stamp out smuggling, which was rife.• Rumours have always been rife about Macari's interest in turf accountancy.• Bribery is rife in jockeying for good positions on the dealing floor of some firms.• Horror stories are rife of ex-cons setting up their own security companies, with all the obvious risks that entails.• Only later did I find out conjecture was rife that I was a government spy.• But rumour is rife that the reactor pot has already been buried.• Granted, expectation of the Messiah was rife throughout the Holy Land at the time.Origin rife Old English ryfe

单词	rife
释义	rife From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishriferife /raɪf/ adjective 1 [not before noun]COMMON if something bad or unpleasant is rife, it is very common Violent crime is rife in our inner cities.► see thesaurus at common2 → rife with something3 → run rifeExamples from the Corpusrife• Pitt was a great philanthropist and wanted to stamp out smuggling, which was rife.• Rumours have always been rife about Macari's interest in turf accountancy.• Bribery is rife in jockeying for good positions on the dealing floor of some firms.• Horror stories are rife of ex-cons setting up their own security companies, with all the obvious risks that entails.• Only later did I find out conjecture was rife that I was a government spy.• But rumour is rife that the reactor pot has already been buried.• Granted, expectation of the Messiah was rife throughout the Holy Land at the time.Origin rife Old English ryfe
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