affluence
英['?fl??ns]
美['?fl??ns]
- n. 富裕；豐富；流入；匯聚
詞態(tài)變化
形容詞:?affluent;
英文詞源
- affluence (n.)
- mid-14c., "a plentiful flowing, an abundance," from Old French affluence, from Latin affluentia "a flowing to," figuratively "affluence, abundance," noun of state from affluentem (nominative affluens) "flowing toward, abounding, rich, copious" (see affluent). Sense of "wealth" attested from c. 1600, from notion of "a plentiful flow" (of the gifts of fortune).
雙語例句
- 1. Pockets of affluence coexist with poverty.
- 少數(shù)富裕地區(qū)與貧困地區(qū)并存。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. Their affluence is more apparent than real.
- 他們的富有是虛有其表.
來自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》
- 3. For them, affluence was bought at the price of less freedom in their work environment.
- 對(duì)他們來說，富足是以減少在工作場(chǎng)所的自由為代價(jià)才獲得的。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. Zurich's affluence came initially from cornering a sizeable chunk of the 14th Century silk trade.
- 蘇黎世的富足最初來自于14世紀(jì)對(duì)絲綢貿(mào)易的高度壟斷。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. There is a lot of affluence in this part of the state because it has many businesses.
- 這個(gè)州的這一部分相當(dāng)富有,因?yàn)樗泻芏嗌绦?
來自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》