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单词 abundance
释义 abun·dance
\əˈbəndən(t)s\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English abundaunce, habundaunce, from Middle French abundance, from Latin abundantia, from abundant-, abundans + -ia
1. : a great quantity or amount : large number : plentiful supply
 < an abundance of water power >
 < illustrated with an abundance of figures and diagrams >
— not commonly used of persons
2. : overflowing fullness : great plenty : profusion
 < the abundance that pours from our factories and our farms — New Republic >
 < the whole bucolic abundance of the well-kept country seat — Vicki Baum >
3. : plentiful supply of means or resources : affluence, wealth
 < a life of abundance >
 < the economics of the new abundance >
4. : relative quantity or amount (as with respect to an observed or supposed norm) : degree of plentifulness
 < information about the abundance of various species >
 < measurements on meteorites also indicate very low abundances of uranium and thorium — H.C.Urey >
5. ecology : the relative number of individuals of one kind (as of a species) in an area under consideration
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