| 单词 | standard of comfort |
| 释义 | > as lemmasstandard of comfort standard of comfort n. the level of material comfort regarded as acceptable by a person or group. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > wealth > [noun] > prevailing view of minimum necessary standard of comfort1808 standard of life1825 standard of living1825 1808 Edinb. Rev. July 353 The effect of such checks would be felt rather in the retardation of the population, than in the adoption of an inferior kind of food, or a different standard of comfort. 1879 A. Marshall & M. P. Marshall Econ. Industry II. vii. 102 The Standard of Comfort which young people are prudent enough to secure for themselves before they marry, varies from place to place and from time to time. 1907 G. B. Shaw John Bull's Other Island ii. 41 He guesses Broadbent's standard of comfort a little more accurately than his sister does. 2007 K. Ledbetter Tennyson & Victorian Periodicals ii. 45 The machinery of commercial production that gave Tennyson the cash needed to support his standard of comfort. < as lemmas |
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