Early editions were rife with typographical errors, several of which survived into translations made a century later.
早期版本充斥着排印错误,其中数处一直留存到一个世纪后的译本中。
Which choice best defines “rife”?
A — Widespread; abundant (usually of bad things).. “rife” means Widespread; abundant (usually of bad things)..
Which word means “Widespread; abundant (usually of bad things).”?
C — rife. “rife” means Widespread; abundant (usually of bad things)..
rife — Widespread; abundant (usually of bad things).. In Chinese: 普遍的;充斥的.
rife is pronounced //raɪf//.
Early editions were rife with typographical errors, several of which survived into translations made a century later. (早期版本充斥着排印错误,其中数处一直留存到一个世纪后的译本中。)
widespread, rampant, prevalent — all close in meaning to rife (Widespread; abundant (usually of bad things).).
scarce, rare — each the opposite of rife (Widespread; abundant (usually of bad things).).
Yes. rife is on the SAT Prep Difficult list — the higher-register words that decide the hard questions. The Digital SAT does not test vocabulary in isolation; words like this one are tested through Words in Context questions, where you choose the word that completes a passage most logically and precisely.
rife → 弥漫、遍布(多指坏事)。