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单词 better-to-do
释义 better-to-do, adj. phr.
[Comparative of well-to-do.]
Above the well-to-do in social condition or worldly circumstances; more prosperous. Also absol.
1890W. Booth In Darkest England ii. vi. 217 His better-to-do neighbour will often assist him by providing the capital.1898Daily News 6 Dec. 5/6 To the new L.C.C. buildings there had come many better-to-do workmen.1905Daily Chron. 1 Feb. 6/2 Children..of the better-to-do.1940Manch. Guardian Weekly 9 Feb. 116 Even among the better-to-do there is greater simplicity of living and independence of service than among their compeers in England.1965in P. Jennings Living Village (1968) 133 Many of the better-to-do people send their children away to school.
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