rife
adjective/raɪf/
/raɪf/
[not before noun]- if something bad or unpleasant is rife in a place, it is very common there
（坏事）盛行，普遍 - It is a country where corruption is rife.
这是个腐败成风的国家。 - Rumours are rife that he is going to resign.
到处都在传，说他要辞职了。
Extra Examples- Cheating remains rife.
作弊现象依然盛行。 - Speculation was rife among the students.
学生们纷纷猜测。 - Corruption was rife in the south of the country.
该国南部腐败盛行。 - Racism was rife among the colonials.
种族主义在殖民者中盛行。 - Rumours have been rife in media circles all summer.
整个夏天，谣言在媒体圈里四处传播。 - Speculation is rife that the company is about to be sold.
大家纷纷猜测那家公司要被卖掉。 - Temperatures were extreme and epidemics rife.
气温极端，流行病猖獗。
- It is a country where corruption is rife.
- rife (with something) full of something bad or unpleasant
充斥，充满（坏事） - Los Angeles is rife with gossip about the stars' private lives.
洛杉矶盛传明星私生活的流言蜚语。
- Los Angeles is rife with gossip about the stars' private lives.
Word Originlate Old English rȳfe, probably from Old Norse rīfr ‘acceptable’.