单词 | abundant |
释义 | abundant (once / 144 pages) adj On Halloween, you can find candy in abundant supply. Use abundant to describe something that exists in large amounts that are more than what's needed. Near synonyms are plentiful, emphasizing "large amounts," and ample, emphasizing "more than enough." The adjective abundant is commonly followed by the prepositions with or in, to mean "filled with or rich in something": a region abundant in natural resources. Abundant comes from Middle English aboundant, from Old French abondant, from Latin abundāns, form of abundāre "to overflow." WORD FAMILYabundant: abundance, abundanter, abundantly, overabundant, superabundant+/abound: abounded, abounding, abounds, abundant/abounding: aboundingly/abundance: abundances/overabundant: overabundance, overabundantly/superabundant: superabundance, superabundantly USAGE EXAMPLESThe elephant in the room is that we are living in a society where food is abundant, and temptations abound. New York Times(May 02, 2016) Intact wetlands are abundant on the property and abounding with frogs, said Rick Anderson of the Anderson Island Park and Recreation District. Seattle Times(Dec 30, 2016) In the past, Chinese tech firms found easier pickings among consumers, rather than enterprises, which counted on an abundant supply of skilled workers. Wall Street Journal(Dec 28, 2016) adj present in great quantity an abundant supply of water Syn|Ant abounding, galore existing in abundance ample, copious, plenteous, plentiful, richaffording an abundant supply copious, voluminouslarge in number or quantity (especially of discourse) easyobtained with little effort or sacrifice, often obtained illegally exuberant, lush, luxuriant, profuse, riotousproduced or growing in extreme abundance thickabounding; having a lot of longhaving or being more than normal or necessary:"long on brains" overabundant, plethoric, rifeexcessively abundant plentifulexisting in great number or quantity rampant(of a plant) having a lush and unchecked growth rankgrowing profusely superabundantmost excessively abundant teemingabundantly filled with especially living things torrentialpouring in abundance verdantcharacterized by abundance of verdure amplemore than enough in size or scope or capacity richpossessing material wealth scarce deficient in quantity or number compared with the demand rarenot widely distributed tightaffected by scarcity and expensive to borrow meager, meagerly, meagre, scrimpy, stingydeficient in amount or quality or extent |
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