| 单词 | affluent |
| 释义 | affluent (æfluənt ) adjective If you are affluent, you have a lot of money. Today's affluent Indian tourists are also big spenders. ...the affluent neighborhoods of Malibu. The affluent are people who are affluent. The diet of the affluent has not changed much over the decades. Collocations: affluent background Not only did his good looks and affluent background add to his popularity, but his skills in the ring were unmatched. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Entry to the law today was almost a hereditary right available to those from affluent backgrounds with family connections to the law. Times, Sunday Times I strongly believe paid internships are vital in giving students from less affluent backgrounds the opportunity to gain real experience of work. Times, Sunday Times Students from poorer backgrounds are 2.5 times less likely to enter higher education than those from the most affluent backgrounds. Times, Sunday Times It will reach 180 students over three years, offering them the support and information they need to compete with those from affluent backgrounds. Times, Sunday Times She believes the quality of the house, along with the (relatively) low price tag, will tempt affluent buyers out of their usual comfort zones. Times, Sunday Times In the country, the most affluent buyers — those hunting for high-priced homes, are re-emerging after the election. Times, Sunday Times Their models ranged from simple buildings for working-class families to high-end houses for affluent buyers. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 They will be shored up by the same affluent classes investing in fine family homes elsewhere. Times, Sunday Times The image was instead a ribbing of the affluent classes. Times, Sunday Times The unease was fuelled by populist mischief, but ignored or scorned by the affluent classes and their liberal political pals in power. Times, Sunday Times They were daily wage earners and the food and clothes they receive were actually already used pieces and the leftover eatables (food) of affluent classes of society. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The hotel also helped others to envision a thriving affluent community in the area. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Most beach car parks were still shut and outsiders were discouraged from visiting the largely affluent communities. Times,Sunday Times He would pick out more affluent communities. Times, Sunday Times Her recent studies have focused on adolescents in affluent communities, and findings have revealed elevated problems in several areas particularly substance use and emotional distress. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 They were priced higher than regular cars and were popular in affluent communities. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 A greater public sector effort in plant breeding and research might mitigate the risk that the technology will be skewed to more affluent consumers. Times, Sunday Times Today's affluent consumers are prepared to spend money on high-tech skincare — provided they are offered proper evidence that such products work. Times, Sunday Times Meanwhile, retailers signaled that affluent consumers are stepping up spending. Houston Chronicle It has also attracted more affluent consumers, who have sold outdated jewellery for cash to buy items such as designer handbags. Times, Sunday Times So much of this exhibition shows technology serving the military, governments, big business and affluent consumers. Times, Sunday Times Are there affluent countries that have not shown a recent and marked downturn in life expectancy? Times, Sunday Times People in affluent countries run through several bottles of shampoo a year. Times, Sunday Times It not only puts strains on affluent countries, stimulating the growth of the radical right, but deprives the less affluent of their most able and energetic people. Times, Sunday Times Most affluent countries and cities invested heavily in bigger and better-designed roads and motorways, which were considered essential to underpin growth and prosperity. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 High oil prices are likely to first affect less affluent countries, particularly the developing world, with less discretionary income. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It added that discounters were attracting more affluent customers. Times, Sunday Times The cuts come ten days after the group announced a 24 per cent drop in third-quarter profits as the financial crisis prompted its affluent customers to spend less. Times, Sunday Times The company has reported rising transaction values as it diversifies from its original entertainment base and as online shopping becomes commonplace among older, more affluent customers. Times, Sunday Times Applications will be accepted only from those with a 35 per cent deposit - more proof that lenders are reserving their treats for affluent customers. Times, Sunday Times Young and increasingly affluent customers in emerging markets are key to its prospects. Times, Sunday Times In the most affluent districts average life expectancy rose by 95.2 days to 83.3 years, of which 70.4 years were spent in good health. Times, Sunday Times Teenage pregnancy rates in poorer areas were six times those in more affluent districts. Times, Sunday Times Worryingly, more than half of schools in poorer areas report finding it tough to attract good teachers, compared to just a third in more affluent districts. The Sun With the flight of some residents came disrepair and crime for what once was one of the most affluent districts of the city. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 She believed in a great, free public education, but that even in middle-class and more affluent districts public noncharter schools are not as good as parents think they are. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Though from an affluent family, the soldier had lost everything-his money, his property, even his right arm in battle. Christianity Today Don't aspire to look like the most affluent family in the neighborhood by living as if you have a big bank balance. Christianity Today The success of programmes of this sort depends entirely on the people involved and here the affluent family could scarcely be more pleasant or helpful. Times, Sunday Times She was married into an equally affluent family. Outlook India He was from an affluent family with extensive agricultural and agribusiness interests. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 His forebears had been northern weavers, and he grew up in an affluent home. Times, Sunday Times This type of control very often resides in affluent homes. Times,Sunday Times The youths - two of whom were just 15 at the time - targeted affluent homes to steal expensive cars and electronic goods like laptops. The Sun The squatters come up, ask to see my press card, bray at me; they are well-educated, from affluent homes. Times, Sunday Times The number was a third of the 62,390 who came from the most affluent homes, up from 29 per cent of the same group in 2011. Times, Sunday Times He grew up in an affluent household where the world was divided into winners and losers. Times, Sunday Times More affluent households were driving spending higher, while many continued to feel squeezed by rising prices and stagnant incomes. Times, Sunday Times Grocery price rises were likely to hit hardest low-income households, which spend proportionally more of their budget on food than more affluent households. Times, Sunday Times And both groups are far more exposed than average or affluent households to price rises in the other goods and services used to calculate inflation rates. Times, Sunday Times Most mass affluent households and college-educated professionals tend to be center-right or conservative on fiscal issues. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The scene of the raid indicated the affluent lifestyle enjoyed by the suspected dealer. Times, Sunday Times Most were hard-working professionals who aspired to an affluent lifestyle. Times, Sunday Times He said he has relied on family and friends to finance an affluent lifestyle. Times, Sunday Times If blame must be attributed to anything, blame progress, and a more affluent lifestyle that enables people to live in the country but still have to work in the towns. Times, Sunday Times However, the buyer of this 7.95 million property need not retreat entirely into a 19th-century affluent lifestyle. Times, Sunday Times Will he be the micromania early adopter in his affluent neighbourhood who others rush to imitate? Times, Sunday Times However, it also helped residents of the affluent neighbourhood nearby, penalising those from three council estates, and the less popular school was among the objectors. Times, Sunday Times People living in less affluent neighbourhoods will see up to a 5% increase in their annuity. Times, Sunday Times People living in less affluent neighbourhoods generally have lower life expectancy and could also receive a higher rate at the expense of those in affluent areas. Times, Sunday Times Most ordinary houses in reasonably affluent neighbourhoods have burglar bars at every window and security doors, palisades or concrete fencing - usually with electrification - and electric gates. Times, Sunday Times The difficulties of dealing with some affluent parents were revealed in a session she led on the challenges faced by heads running city schools. Times, Sunday Times Nor do affluent parents feel the need to 'go private'. Times, Sunday Times And whereas almost half of young people from the highest earning households took a degree in 2002 only 10 per cent of those with the least affluent parents did so. Times, Sunday Times One affluent population hunts and hurts wild fish, merely for fun; another poorer cadre uses them as food. Times, Sunday Times Modern expressways and high-rise buildings were built throughout the city to accommodate the growing and increasingly affluent population of the city. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Therefore, future policies countering obesity should aim at increasing the accessibility of healthy food alternatives for the less affluent population, e.g. by subsidizing fruits, vegetables and fiber-rich whole grains. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Although most are free, their visitors are still largely highly educated, affluent professionals, the report found. Times,Sunday Times Many of the other voters here are affluent professionals and the constituency has the second lowest proportion of single-parent families in the country. Times, Sunday Times Affluent professionals are no longer the only target: everyone from graduates to families and downsizers can be catered for. Times, Sunday Times Some observers are also predicting a resurgence of the second homes market, fuelled by interest from affluent professionals with ready access to cash for deposits. Times, Sunday Times Affluent professionals began returning to the neighborhood in the early 1980s. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The local council and police suspect affluent residents may be to blame. The Sun Some more affluent residents are fortunate enough to have their own boreholes. Times, Sunday Times This and rising property values have led to more affluent residents moving into some areas of the borough. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The affluent residents particularly disliked the lack of comfortable shopping facilities and the entrance to their leafy suburb spoilt by this unsightly, chaotic mess. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Following the riots, and the subsequent flight of affluent residents and businesses from the area, the corridor became blighted. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The bus brimmed with dozing office workers, restless punkers, and affluent shoppers. Christianity Today Concentrating marketing and advertising for older stores raises the risk of losing more affluent shoppers. Globe and Mail The economy needs affluent shoppers to spend with enthusiasm. Houston Chronicle In the affluent suburbs, street sellers hawk strawberries and oranges to well-heeled passersby. Times, Sunday Times Besides, have you seen the height of the pavements in some of our affluent suburbs? ST The snapshot indicates sharp increases in house burglary in commuter belts, affluent suburbs and some rural areas. Times, Sunday Times Homeowners in the affluent suburbs of other towns and cities have also realised sevenfigure profits. Times, Sunday Times Meanwhile, the security companies that dominate the landscape in affluent suburbs have a vested interest in playingupthe threat of crime. Times, Sunday Times Around the malls with their smiling doormen are corporate business headquarters, call centres and high-rise apartment blocks for the newly affluent middle classes. Times, Sunday Times Head for the historic city centre, where clubs and bars cater for the city's newly affluent. Times, Sunday Times The group hopes to cash in on booming demand for health-care services across the region driven by rapidly rising popula-tions and a growing number of newly affluent consumers. Times, Sunday Times This began to change as a result of the age's drive towards commodification: new manuals instructed the newly affluent middle classes in less exalted riding practices. The Times Literary Supplement In addition, urban expansion drove up land prices and local officials confiscated land in order to build factories and housing for the newly affluent. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It found that people living in relatively affluent areas are more likely to be drinking at above sensible levels than those living in deprived areas. Times, Sunday Times They also have a relatively affluent intake, with lower numbers of pupils entitled to free school meals. Times, Sunday Times These homeowners tend to be relatively affluent and have enjoyed house-price growth, but they may still have to downsize to meet shortfalls. Times, Sunday Times And the depressing parade through the courts of people with relatively affluent lifestyles reveals that the rioters were not drawn exclusively from poverty. Times, Sunday Times The dazzling urbanites, the young professionals, the ambitious and the relatively affluent, these are the people who set the tone. Times, Sunday Times Translations: Chinese: 富裕的, 富裕者 Japanese: 裕福な, 富裕層 |
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