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单词 abundance
释义
abundancea‧bun‧dance /əˈbʌndəns/ ●○○ noun [singular, uncountable] Examples
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • Both are characteristics the Tiphook chairman has in abundance.
  • It can offer you just about everything you can think of by day and by night, in abundance.
  • It describes the lushness and abundance of the coming millennium.
  • It is 40 percent more expensive than coal, and there is an abundance of alternative energy sources.
  • Optimists point out that there is an abundance of good news.
  • The Bordeaux exhibition goes all out for an abundance of images.
  • The focus today is not the predicted disappearance of order but the abundance of it throughout the natural world.
  • The sheer abundance of lawyers tends to promote excessive litigation.
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 THE CORPUSADJECTIVE
· The greater abundance of iron ores over those of copper also meant that iron was more readily obtainable and cheaper.· So it seems that over the years pandas have learned to enjoy food which was in great abundance.· Mercury thus contains a much greater abundance of denser materials, the strong implication being that it is rich in metallic iron.
· Such isoforms and their relative abundance could mediate specific cell type or matrix interactions.· The relative abundance of these elements is increasingly being used to trace chemical processes in the mantle, crust, and oceans.· Every year particular species arrive and disappear, and change in absolute and relative abundance.· The relative abundance records the percentage of the total population represented by each species.· Finally, we should comment on the relative abundance of ozone and hydrogen peroxide at Cape Grim.· Unhappily, habits which may have had some virtue in times of scarcity became vices in times of relative abundance.· Provided this is taken into account, the differences between comparable samples are as readily discernible as when relative abundance is used.· Temporal variations of solid concentrations at that level indicate the relative abundance of particles whose diameters may be calculated.
VERB
· Right: The little stream which flows under Puente Chinoluiz where we found an abundance of fish.· This became a difficult order to follow after silver was found in tempting abundance at a place called Los Frayles.· There is pathos to be found in it in abundance, and images of love and great nobility of spirit.· The scouts who have been found in abundance at Los Angeles Kings games lately got an eyeful Wednesday.· These are a group of extremely primitive molluscs, which are found in any abundance only in Lower Palaeozoic rocks.· Shoppers find an abundance of red power suits.· All the typical woodland flowers can be found here in abundance, including serene displays of lily of the valley.· He did not have far to go to find an enthralling abundance of birds.
a large quantity of somethingabundance of an abundance of wavy red hairin abundance One quality the team possessed in abundance was fighting spirit.
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