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单词 plentiful
释义
plentifulplen‧ti‧ful /ˈplentɪfəl/ adjective Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
  • a plentiful harvest
  • During the summer tomatoes are plentiful and cheap.
  • Opportunities for teaching abroad are plentiful.
  • The river provides a plentiful supply of clean water to nearby villages.
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • And a continuing -- although decreasing -- number hunt the wild animals that remain plentiful.
  • Likewise sterile supplies and instruments are less plentiful than you may remember.
  • Mortgages indeed were cheap; they were plentiful, yet no one wanted to buy them.
  • Placid river views are plentiful along the rest of the project for walkers or bike riders as well.
  • She may have originated with the notion of human sacrifice to ensure plentiful crops, for her actions were often bloodthirsty.
  • The air is sweet, the land is good, timber is plentiful, and the fishing is excellent.
  • The food was not too good, nor too plentiful, so when I returned I was a lot lighter and a lot fitter.
  • There is plentiful evidence of the emetic of the climbing!
Thesaurus
Longman Language Activatormore than enough of something that people need or want
a lot of something or a lot of things or people, especially more than enough: · No thanks, I couldn't eat any more. I've had plenty.plenty of: · There's plenty of room in the hall closet.· We have plenty of glasses, but not enough plates.plenty to do/eat/talk about etc: · The two men had plenty to talk about.plenty of something to do something: · There's still plenty of time to take a walk or a bike ride before dinner.
more than you need - sometimes used to mean there is too much: · Here's some money for the ticket - $25 should be more than enough.more than enough something for somebody: · There's more than enough food for everyone.more than enough to do/think about etc: · I can't help with the planning. I've more than enough to do already.more than enough to do something: · He makes more than enough to live comfortably on.more than enough something to do something: · Supporters have gathered more than enough signatures to put Fordham on the ballot.
British informal a lot or more than enough of something that you need or want: · Don't rush; we've got bags of time.· The new manager is tremendously enthusiastic, and he's got bags of new ideas.
more than enough: · These documents provide ample evidence of their guilt.· The program would ensure that Arizona has an ample supply of water for the next 20 years.ample time/opportunity etc to do something: · You will have ample opportunity to express your opinions during the debate.
if something such as food or water is plentiful , there is more than enough of it available: · During the summer tomatoes are plentiful and cheap.· The river provides a plentiful supply of clean water to nearby villages.
formal a large quantity of something, usually more than is needed: · This book contains an abundance of valuable information.· An abundance of fruits and vegetables grow in Kenya's temperate climate.
formal existing in large quantities so that there is more than enough: · Latin America has an abundant labor force and natural resources.· During the 18th century land was cheap, grain was plentiful, and meat was abundant.abundant in: · Plant fossils are abundant in some types of rock.
available in large quantities - used especially in advertisements about something that people may want : · There are bargains galore in our summer sale.· Lots of fun for the kids! Rides and games galore!
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
formal:· There was a plentiful supply of books and magazines to read.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB
· And the scars of Labour ministers were just as plentiful as the ones on Tory backs.· In this election year, books about politics are as plentiful as presidential primaries.· If the material is as plentiful as it appears around these stars, it is highly likely to clump together into planets.· But in Santa Fe the rumors about us had always been as plentiful as they were arcane.
· After two or more good seasons in succession, predatory birds become markedly more plentiful.· They included liberals, who were far more plentiful and powerful in the 1930s and 1940s than they are today.· Although food is more plentiful these days, child mortality remains dangerously high.· Celtic coinage, in particular, proved to be more plentiful than experts had thought, with countless new varieties turning up.· More recently, the demand for fast breeder reactors has seemed less urgent as worldwide supplies of uranium have become more plentiful.
· The two-horned creature's plump and well-fed appearance was attributed to the fact that its prey was so plentiful.
NOUN
· The liquid is burnt in a plentiful supply of air and the temperature rise in the surrounding water bath is measured.· Buy fresh foods when they are in plentiful supply, that is, in season. 12.· A plentiful supply of anything is a recipe for disaster.· A plentiful supply of food is particularly important for hedgehogs after hibernation and prior to breeding.· As soon as the eggs hatch you will need to provide a plentiful supply of the plant that the caterpillar feeds on.· That night they simply marched on to the airfield and set their bombs on a plentiful supply of aircraft.· There was a plentiful supply of cheap labour that could be easily employed in tiny sweatshops.· The rivers of eastern Sierra Leone contain some of the most easily mined and plentiful supplies of diamonds on the planet.
more than enough in quantity:  a plentiful supply of foodplentifully adverb
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