单词
affluence
英 ['?fl??ns]
美['?fl??ns]
基本信息
- n. 富裕；丰富；流入；汇聚
GRE畅通词汇
词态变化
形容词:?affluent;
英文词源
- 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).
双语例句
- 1. Pockets of affluence coexist with poverty.
- 少数富裕地区与贫困地区并存。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. Their affluence is more apparent than real.
- 他们的富有是虚有其表.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 3. For them, affluence was bought at the price of less freedom in their work environment.
- 对他们来说，富足是以减少在工作场所的自由为代价才获得的。
来自柯林斯例句
- 4. Zurich's affluence came initially from cornering a sizeable chunk of the 14th Century silk trade.
- 苏黎世的富足最初来自于14世纪对丝绸贸易的高度垄断。
来自柯林斯例句
- 5. There is a lot of affluence in this part of the state because it has many businesses.
- 这个州的这一部分相当富有,因为它有很多商行.
来自《简明英汉词典》
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