1. (通常指壞事)普遍的,盛行的,常見(jiàn)的,充斥的 If you say that something, usually something bad, is rife in a place or that the place is rife with it, you mean that it is very common.
e.g. Speculation is rife that he will be sacked... 人們紛紛猜測他會(huì )被解雇。 e.g. Bribery and corruption were rife in the industry... 在這個(gè)行業(yè)中,賄賂和腐敗現象猖獗。