affluence

英 [ˈæfluəns]

美 [ˈæfluəns]

n.  富裕; 富足

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BNC.14390 / COCA.14739

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 富裕；富足
  Affluenceis the state of having a lot of money or a high standard of living.
  1. The postwar era was one of new affluence for the working class.
     战后是工人阶级富裕起来的全新时期。

英英释义

noun

• abundant wealth
  1. they studied forerunners of richness or poverty
  2. the richness all around unsettled him for he had expected to find poverty
  Synonym:richness

双语例句

• 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。
• Pockets of affluence coexist with poverty
  少数富裕地区与贫困地区并存。
• The family depended on his ability to wangle a few dollars occasionally. With this money, they would eat well and dress well for a while, making a pretence of affluence.
  一家人全靠他在外面讹个钱，诈个财，吃点好的，穿点好的，装门面。
• 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。
• Again we see the advantage of affluence.
  我们又一次看到富裕的优势。
• Alongside that growth comes an era of increasing affluence.
  一个日益富裕的时代将伴随这一增长同时出现。
• Every success story in the region used a strategy of export-led growth to climb the ladder of affluence.
  亚洲地区每一个成功的故事，都运用了出口拉动的增长战略，使自己更为富足。
• The young couple live in affluence.
  小两口儿日子过得挺肥实。
• What we are seeing increasingly is a society of private affluence and public squalor.
  我们越来越多地看到的是一个私人富裕、公众贫困的社会。
• Affluence is not measured by how much you have; it is measured by how much you give.
  衡量富裕的标准不是看你拥有多少，而是看你给予多少。