单词 | prosperous |
释义 | prosperous (prɒspərəs ) adjective Prosperous people, places, and economies are rich and successful. [formal] ...the youngest son of a relatively prosperous British family. The place looks more prosperous than ever. Synonyms: wealthy, rich, affluent, well-off Collocations: prosperous business Backed by a prosperous business, for now. Times, Sunday Times It was there that he set up a prosperous business making drain pipes, bricks and tiles for the increasing number of settlers. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He set his mind on making the farm into a prosperous business. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It was a prosperous business before the motor car and railway together reduced the significance of horses. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 What's more, many of these home companies aren't side projects that bring in a bit of extra pocket money, but prosperous businesses that have a turnover of millions. Times, Sunday Times I was brought up in a stable and prosperous family. Times, Sunday Times This love will put you at the centre of a large and prosperous family. The Sun Full of happy and prosperous family members? Times, Sunday Times A reversal in fortune occurred to this prosperous family in 1883. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Suddenly the prosperous family plunged into a financial crisis. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Overall, our various big and small institutions provide the operating framework for a civilised and prosperous society. Times, Sunday Times These are not diseases but the product of free will in a prosperous society. Times, Sunday Times He did so because he aspired to create a more just and prosperous society. Times, Sunday Times Although ours has been a prosperous society, its inequalities have seemed barely tolerable. Times,Sunday Times This was a good thing, 'creating the biggest, safest and most prosperous society' ever seen. Times, Sunday Times But when things turn sour, the flight of people to a more prosperous town or state leaves that area forlorn - and broke. Times, Sunday Times At the beginning of the 19th century, it was a prosperous town where cotton, silver and copper were processed. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The site of the prosperous town eventually became farmland. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The business expanded rapidly and soon became the leading drapery in the prosperous town. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Finding many difficulties in the way of making a prosperous town, the project was abandoned, and the site cut up into farms, which were soon opened. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It was not a conspicuously happy childhood, although it was relatively prosperous. Times,Sunday Times For three decades after the war it was relatively prosperous. Times, Sunday Times Our own relatively prosperous middleclass home boasted only a wind-up gramophone. Times, Sunday Times In most countries only the relatively prosperous buy a house and then not until they are settling down with a family. Times, Sunday Times The company became relatively prosperous: even in 1831 it paid a dividend of 1%, and 4% the following year. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Translations: Chinese: 富裕的 Japanese: 繁栄した |
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