喜樂美語
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    Rife means very common, widespread, and usually about something bad or unwanted — "rumors were rife" means rumors were spreading everywhere. It's almost always used with "with," as in "the city is rife with crime," meaning full of it.

    （壞事）猖獗的、普遍存在的

    例句逐字對照、搭配詞、易混淆字

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組成An old English word — no clear smaller pieces.

原始詞典資料5 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

rifeadj/ɹaɪf/

  • 1

    Widespread, common, prevalent, current (mainly of unpleasant or harmful things).

    • Smallpox was rife after the siege had been lifted.
    • Rumors were rife that the factory was about to shut down.
  • 2

    Abounding; present in large numbers, plentiful.

    • Red deer are rife in these woodlands.
    • Seeds are rife in a watermelon.
  • 3

    Full of (mostly unpleasant or harmful things).

    • Many post-colonial governments were rife with lawlessness and corruption.
    • They will have to reflect on a seventh successive defeat in a European final while Chelsea try to make sense of an eccentric season rife with controversy and bad feeling but once again one finishing on an exhilarating high.
  • 4

    obsoleteHaving power; active; nimble.

    • What! I am rife a little yet.

rifeadv/ɹaɪf/

  • 1

    Plentifully, abundantly.

    • The snowdrops grow rife on the slopes of Mount Pembroke.

資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。