Affluence
['æflʊəns]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) abundant wealth; 'they studied forerunners of richness or poverty'; 'the richness all around unsettled him for he had expected to find poverty'.
錄入:纳丁--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(n.) A flowing to or towards; a concourse; an influx.
(n.) An abundant supply, as of thought, words, feelings, etc.; profusion; also, abundance of property; wealth.
整理:诺拉
同義詞及近義詞：
n. Wealth, riches, opulence, fortune, plenty, abundance, exuberance, ample store, ample means.
校對:马里恩
同義詞及反義詞：
SYN:Abundance, plenty, wealth, riches, opulence
ANT:Want, scarcity, penury, indigence, poverty, impecuniosity, straitness, lack
珍妮特編輯
娱乐性解釋/意思：
To dream that you are in affluence, foretells that you will make fortunate ventures, and will be pleasantly associated with people of wealth. To young women, a vision of weird and fairy affluence is ominous of illusive and evanescent pleasure. They should study more closely their duty to friends and parents. After dreams of this nature they are warned to cultivate a love for home life. See Wealth.
克利夫顿錄入
例句/造句/用法:
- In her animal spirits there was an affluence of life and certainty of flow, such as excited my wonder, while it baffled my comprehension. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 簡·愛.
- Born to the prospect of such affluence! 簡·奧斯丁. 理智與情感.
- A small point of doctrine might mean affluence or beggary to a man. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- If the labouring poor, therefore, can maintain their families in the one part of the united kingdom, they must be in affluence in the other. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- These are mounted and ready to start on the highway to affluence. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- The affluence of the rich excites the indignation of the poor, who are often both driven by want, and prompted by envy to invade his possessions. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- He had a conviction that the want of most men was knowledge of a sort which brings wisdom rather than affluence. 湯瑪斯·哈代. 還鄉.
- When profits are high, that sober virtue seems to be superfluous, and expensive luxury to suit better the affluence of his situation. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- Affluence, unless stimulated by a keen imagination, forms but the vaguest notion of the practical strain of poverty. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 快樂之家.
- For one very rich man, there must be at least five hundred poor, and the affluence of the few supposes the indigence of the many. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- He was descended from a good family in France, where he had lived for many years in affluence, respected by his superiors, and beloved by his equals. 瑪麗·雪萊. 弗蘭肯斯坦.
整理:马文