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单词 abundant
释义
abundanta‧bun‧dant /əˈbʌndənt/ ●○○ adjective Word Origin
WORD ORIGINabundant
Origin:
1300-1400 Old French, Latin, present participle of abundare; ABOUND
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
  • an abundant and cheap supply of oil
  • During the 18th century land was cheap, grain was plentiful, and meat was abundant.
  • Latin America has an abundant labor force and natural resources.
  • Plant fossils are abundant in some types of rock.
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • E-mail applications are abundant on Linux and choosing one can be the most difficult part in getting started!
  • His entertainment featured abundant wine and cigars, though he himself was a non-smoking teetotaller.
  • His yellow teeth gleamed in the abundant black of his full beard.
  • It must time the laying of its eggs so that its chicks hatch when caterpillars are most abundant, and most palatable.
  • Sam Waterston reads from the abundant writings of the tall, soft-spoken Jefferson.
  • The food was abundant and delicious.
  • We now live in a world where labor is abundant compared to capital.
  • What a spiritual affirmation to an abundant life!
Thesaurus
Longman Language Activatormore than enough of something that people need or want
a lot of something or a lot of things or people, especially more than enough: · No thanks, I couldn't eat any more. I've had plenty.plenty of: · There's plenty of room in the hall closet.· We have plenty of glasses, but not enough plates.plenty to do/eat/talk about etc: · The two men had plenty to talk about.plenty of something to do something: · There's still plenty of time to take a walk or a bike ride before dinner.
more than you need - sometimes used to mean there is too much: · Here's some money for the ticket - $25 should be more than enough.more than enough something for somebody: · There's more than enough food for everyone.more than enough to do/think about etc: · I can't help with the planning. I've more than enough to do already.more than enough to do something: · He makes more than enough to live comfortably on.more than enough something to do something: · Supporters have gathered more than enough signatures to put Fordham on the ballot.
British informal a lot or more than enough of something that you need or want: · Don't rush; we've got bags of time.· The new manager is tremendously enthusiastic, and he's got bags of new ideas.
more than enough: · These documents provide ample evidence of their guilt.· The program would ensure that Arizona has an ample supply of water for the next 20 years.ample time/opportunity etc to do something: · You will have ample opportunity to express your opinions during the debate.
if something such as food or water is plentiful , there is more than enough of it available: · During the summer tomatoes are plentiful and cheap.· The river provides a plentiful supply of clean water to nearby villages.
formal a large quantity of something, usually more than is needed: · This book contains an abundance of valuable information.· An abundance of fruits and vegetables grow in Kenya's temperate climate.
formal existing in large quantities so that there is more than enough: · Latin America has an abundant labor force and natural resources.· During the 18th century land was cheap, grain was plentiful, and meat was abundant.abundant in: · Plant fossils are abundant in some types of rock.
available in large quantities - used especially in advertisements about something that people may want : · There are bargains galore in our summer sale.· Lots of fun for the kids! Rides and games galore!
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
formal:· There was a plentiful supply of books and magazines to read.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB
· Whether the yeast could ever be as abundant as this is open to question.
· Dusky dolphins and Burmeister's porpoise are considerably more abundant and wide-ranging than the other three species.· There was a time when rye was more abundant than wheat and rye bread was the bread of the masses.· Once uncommon in our waters, they have become more abundant as anchovies, a favored food, have increased in numbers.· The most difficult job is to separate carbon-14 from the far more abundant carbon-12.· Typical desirable resources are hundreds to thousands of times more abundant in NEOs than on the Moon.· Saturated fatty acids were more abundant in the vesicular phase and unsaturated ones were more abundant in the micellar phase.· In fact, theobromine is seven times more abundant than caffeine in chocolate-about 130 milligrams in a 1-ounce piece.
· These are most abundant in the paler, carbonate rich zones but are also present in the darker diatom mat laminations.· Granite, rich in silica, is the most abundant acidic rock.· It must time the laying of its eggs so that its chicks hatch when caterpillars are most abundant, and most palatable.· Magnesium is the fourth most abundant cation in the body and is second only to potassium in intracellular concentration.· Evidence is most abundant for specialists involved in ceramics and metal-working, because it survives better in the archaeological record.· Of these, the most abundant and the easiest to handle and store is water.· Sooner or later the predator will end up feeding preferentially on the most abundant of the available types of prey.· Limpets are likely to vie for status as one of the most abundant types of animals found at some vents.
· To these should be added a third group, which are not so abundant in terms of volume, but which are equally important.· If box-office is seen as the most important statistic, the information has never been so abundant.· Their remains were so abundant that they could not be ignored.
NOUN
· Certainly there was abundant evidence as to how the centre-left had lost its entrenched intellectual and ideological ascendancy.· There is abundant evidence that the skills demanded by the new economy are rising.· They had little difficulty in finding abundant evidence for this hypothesis.· There was abundant evidence of that.· There is abundant evidence to indicate that Jude followed suit.· And he singled out the abundant evidence he has found that the organizational approach is of overriding importance.· There is, however, abundant evidence that many patients vulnerable to clinical depression have a constitutional deficit of serotonin.· There was, however, abundant evidence of policy in action and the first tasks was to collate what was currently happening.
· Within a week, one and a half million men, with abundant supplies, were in position for a massed attack.· This was due to an abundant supply and thus relatively low costs for pork.· One thing becomes clear about large animal size: such creatures must have an abundant supply of food.· In contrast with serum, the ratios of 5-ASA to Ac-5-ASA are higher than 1, reflecting the abundant supply of 5-ASA.· Nevertheless, sustained horticulture needs an abundant supply of organic waste to maintain soil structure and fertility.· Although growth hormone is in abundant supply, other factors are limiting growth.
something that is abundant exists or is available in large quantities so that there is more than enough OPP  scarce:  an abundant supply of fresh water abundant opportunities for well-qualified staff
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