英语单词 | affluent |
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英美音标 | 英 ['æfluənt] 美 ['æfluənt] |
中文释义 | adj.富裕的 n.支流 |
英语例句 | (1) We live in an affluent society . (2) He was born to an affluent family. (3) A car and a house are considered as necessities in an affluent society. |
中文例句 | (1) 我们生活在一个富裕的社会中。 (2) 他生在富裕人家。 (3) 在一个富裕的社会里,汽车和洋房都被当作是必需品。 |
vocabulary简明 | You know you're driving through an affluent neighborhood when you see large houses, perfect landscaping, and expensive cars. Use affluent to describe wealthy people or areas. |
vocabulary扩展 | In Middle English, affluent meant "abundant, flowing," from Old French, from Latin affluēns, from affluere "to abound in," from the prefix ad- "to, at" plus fluere "to flow." The meaning of "abundant, flowing" is still seen in phrases such as "affluent prose." But mostly, when you use the word affluent, the thing understood to be flowing is cash. |
柯林斯解释 | 1 [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]富裕的;富足的 If you are affluent, you have a lot of money. [
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