Those who wanted to keep the law contended that the statute was needed as a protection against venereal disease, but the court rejected that argument. 那些有些人希望此项法规继续实施，奋力主张此法规对于防止性传播疾病蔓延的必要性，但被最高法庭驳回。
As a young curate nearly 20 years earlier, Mr Varah had conducted his first funeral—a 13-year-old girl, who had started menstruating and thought she had some dreadful venereal disease. 20年前，瓦拉还是一位年轻的助理教士，当时那就筹办了第一个葬礼——那时一个13岁小女孩的葬礼，女孩在月经来潮时却以为自己得了某种致命的性病，就这样结束了自己的生命。
The Grand Tour has been a tradition of newly rich countries ever since young British aristocrats took to the Continent in the eighteenth century, picking up languages, antiques, and venereal disease. 赴欧旅行一直都是了新兴富裕国家的一项传统，始作俑者是18世纪年轻的英国贵族们，他们到欧洲大陆学习语言，收集文物，还染上了性病。
权威例句
They must have thought I had caught something more serious, like pneumonia or a venereal disease, and would remain in bed for a week or so. NEWYORKER: The House Behind a Weeping Cherry
Walk the Freedom Trail, do Sherman's march to the sea, reenact the life of Johnny Appleseed, recreate the discoveries of Lewis and Clark, but without all the venereal disease. NPR: Eight Steps to Reducing Pain at the Pump
The Grand Tour has been a tradition of newly rich countries ever since young British aristocrats took to the Continent in the eighteenth century, picking up languages, antiques, and venereal disease. NEWYORKER: The Grand Tour
词组短语
短语
Venereal l disease 性病
venereal disease research laboratory 性病研究实验室;素试验;实验室试验;性病研究室反应素试验
VD venereal disease 性病
protection against venereal disease 性病防治
venereal disease - gonorrhea 性病
英英字典
剑桥英英字典
a disease that is spread through sexual activity with an infected person
柯林斯英英字典
Venereal disease is used to refer to diseases such as syphilis and gonorrhea that are passed on by sexual intercourse. The abbreviation is also used.
