virus

英 [ˈvaɪrəs]

美 [ˈvaɪrəs]

n. 病毒; 滤过性病毒; 病毒性疾病; 病毒病; (计算机程序中的)病毒

复数：viruses　

Oxford 3000 / Collins.3 / BNC.3589 / COCA.2701

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noun

病毒；滤过性病毒
a living thing, too small to be seen without a microscope , that causes infectious disease in people, animals and plants
1. the flu virus
  流感病毒
2. a virus infection
  病毒感染
病毒性疾病；病毒病
a disease caused by a virus
1. There's a virus going around the office.
  办公室里流行着一种病毒性疾病。
（计算机程序中的）病毒
instructions that are hidden within a computer program and are designed to cause faults or destroy data

N-COUNT 病毒
Avirusis a kind of germ that can cause disease.
1. There are many different strains of flu virus.
  流感病毒有很多不同类型。
2. ...HIV, the virus believed to cause AIDS. HIV
  ，一种据信会引发艾滋病的病毒
N-COUNT 病毒
In computer technology, avirusis a program that introduces itself into a system, altering or destroying the information stored in the system.
1. Hackers are said to have started a computer virus.
  据说黑客们已经开始传播一种新的电脑病毒。

noun

(virology) ultramicroscopic infectious agent that replicates itself only within cells of living hosts
a software program capable of reproducing itself and usually capable of causing great harm to files or other programs on the same computer
1. a true virus cannot spread to another computer without human assistance
Synonym:computer virus
a harmful or corrupting agency
1. bigotry is a virus that must not be allowed to spread
2. the virus of jealousy is latent in everyone

There is a risk of passing the virus on
有传播病毒的风险。
Liver cancer is linked to the hepatitis B virus
肝癌与乙肝病毒存在关联。
A number of recent advances hold out if not the hope of a cure, then at least the possibility of some drug which could stop the spread of the virus
近来的一些进展即使不能提供治愈的希望，也至少有望研制出来某种药物来阻止病毒的传播。
It is thought that this virus is implicated in the development of a number of illnesses.
这种病毒被认为与数种疾病的发生密切相关。
In the effort to understand AIDS, attention is moving from the virus to the immune system.
为了解艾滋病，人们的注意力从艾滋病病毒转向了免疫系统。
So far they have not found a way to fight the virus
迄今为止，他们还没有找到一种对抗该病毒的方法。
It is very unnerving to find out that someone you see every day is carrying a potentially deadly virus.
发现朝夕相处的人竟携带着一种可能致命的病毒是一件令人很不安的事情。
It could be a virus, or it could be all in the mind.
它可能是种病毒性疾病，也可能纯属心理作用。
The virus is not passed on through touching or shaking hands.
那种病毒不会通过接触或握手传染。
The official number of people carrying the AIDS virus is low
艾滋病病毒携带者的官方数字并不高。