英语词汇“affluent”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

affluent

/ˈaflʊənt

adjective

1(Especially of a group or area) having a great deal of money; wealthy: the affluent societies of the western world...

The Government wants to redistribute wealth from more affluent areas in the south to deprived parts in the north of the country.
Oddly enough, the advertisers deny they are specifically targeting gay consumers, one of society's most affluent groups.
However, a more complicated picture emerges from the affluent areas of the cities that were compared.

Synonyms

wealthy, rich, prosperous, opulent, well off, moneyed, cash rich, with deep pockets, well-to-do, comfortable;

propertied, substantial, of means, of substance, with deep pockets, in clover, plutocratic;

North American silk-stocking

informal well heeled, rolling in it/money, in the money, made of money, filthy rich, stinking rich, loaded, flush, on easy street, quids in, worth a packet/bundle

2 archaic (Of water) flowing freely or in great quantity.He replied that the water was affluent and that they had not reviewed this in detail.

noun archaic

A tributary stream.The chief commerce is in silk, which is carried on along the River and its numerous affluents and canals....

About 60 miles higher up in the course of the Nile, there is another large affluent from the west.
On reaching the bottom, what was our surprise and disgust to find ourselves landed on the high muddy bank of a wide, rapidly flowing affluent of the Great River.

Derivatives

affluently

adverb ...

They have created this awful situation where people can come and live so affluently, and so many others can't afford a decent roof over their heads.
By 1970 the concept of duty evaporated in the affluently modeled consumer society.
Complex in character, this ecosystem is a self-sustaining community living affluently due to a combination of several important elements such as warmth, rainfall, nutrients and sunlight.

Origin

Late Middle English (in sense 2 of the adjective): via Old French from Latin affluent- 'flowing towards, flowing freely', from the verb affluere, from ad- 'to' + fluere 'to flow'.

From Latin affluere ‘flow towards’, affluent was originally used to describe water either flowing towards a place or flowing freely without any restriction. It later came to mean ‘abundant’ and then ‘wealthy’, a meaning which dates from the mid 18th century. Related words, all based on Latin fluere ‘to flow’ are fluent (late 16th century) and fluid (Late Middle English); flume (Middle English) originally a stream; flux (Late Middle English) a state of flowing; effluent (Late Middle English) something that flows out; and superfluous (Late Middle English) ‘overflowing’.

单词	affluent
释义	affluent /ˈaflʊənt / adjective 1(Especially of a group or area) having a great deal of money; wealthy: the affluent societies of the western world... The Government wants to redistribute wealth from more affluent areas in the south to deprived parts in the north of the country. Oddly enough, the advertisers deny they are specifically targeting gay consumers, one of society's most affluent groups. However, a more complicated picture emerges from the affluent areas of the cities that were compared. Synonyms wealthy, rich, prosperous, opulent, well off, moneyed, cash rich, with deep pockets, well-to-do, comfortable; propertied, substantial, of means, of substance, with deep pockets, in clover, plutocratic; North American silk-stocking informal well heeled, rolling in it/money, in the money, made of money, filthy rich, stinking rich, loaded, flush, on easy street, quids in, worth a packet/bundle 2 archaic (Of water) flowing freely or in great quantity.He replied that the water was affluent and that they had not reviewed this in detail. noun archaic A tributary stream.The chief commerce is in silk, which is carried on along the River and its numerous affluents and canals.... About 60 miles higher up in the course of the Nile, there is another large affluent from the west. On reaching the bottom, what was our surprise and disgust to find ourselves landed on the high muddy bank of a wide, rapidly flowing affluent of the Great River. Derivatives affluently adverb ... They have created this awful situation where people can come and live so affluently, and so many others can't afford a decent roof over their heads. By 1970 the concept of duty evaporated in the affluently modeled consumer society. Complex in character, this ecosystem is a self-sustaining community living affluently due to a combination of several important elements such as warmth, rainfall, nutrients and sunlight. Origin Late Middle English (in sense 2 of the adjective): via Old French from Latin affluent- 'flowing towards, flowing freely', from the verb affluere, from ad- 'to' + fluere 'to flow'. From Latin affluere ‘flow towards’, affluent was originally used to describe water either flowing towards a place or flowing freely without any restriction. It later came to mean ‘abundant’ and then ‘wealthy’, a meaning which dates from the mid 18th century. Related words, all based on Latin fluere ‘to flow’ are fluent (late 16th century) and fluid (Late Middle English); flume (Middle English) originally a stream; flux (Late Middle English) a state of flowing; effluent (Late Middle English) something that flows out; and superfluous (Late Middle English) ‘overflowing’.
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