affluent

adjective

/ˈæfluənt/

(formal)

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having a lot of money and a good standard of living synonym prosperous, wealthy
- affluent Western countries
- a very affluent neighbourhood
Synonyms rich
rich
- wealthy
- prosperous
- affluent
- well off
- comfortable
These words all describe somebody/something that has a lot of money, property or valuable possessions.
- rich (of a person) having a lot of money, property or valuable possessions; (of a country or city) producing a lot of wealth so that many of its people can live at a high standard
- wealthy rich
rich or wealthy?There is no real difference in meaning between these two words. Both are very frequent, but rich is more frequent and can be used in some fixed phrases where wealthy cannot: He’s stinking/filthy wealthy. • It’s a favourite resort for the wealthy and famous.
- prosperous (rather formal) rich and successful
- affluent (rather formal) rich and with a good standard of living:
  affluent Western countries
prosperous or affluent?Both prosperous and affluent are used to talk about people and places. Prosperous is used much more than affluent to talk about times and periods. Affluent is often used to contrast rich people or societies with poor ones. Being prosperous is nearly always seen as a good thing: It’s good to see you looking so prosperous. • It’s good to see you looking so affluent.
- well off (often used in negative sentences) rich:
  His family is not very well off.
  The opposite of well off is badly off, but this is not very frequent; it is more common to say that somebody is not well off.
- comfortable having enough money to buy what you want without worrying about the cost:
  They’re not millionaires, but they’re certainly very comfortable.
Patterns
- a(n) rich/wealthy/prosperous/affluent/well-off family
- a rich/wealthy/prosperous/well-off man/woman
- a(n) rich/wealthy/prosperous/affluent country/city
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
Affluent is used with these nouns:
country
district
family
…
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Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense freely flowing ): via Old French from Latin affluent- ‘flowing towards, flowing freely’, from the verb affluere, from ad- ‘to’ + fluere ‘to flow’.

单词	affluent
释义	affluent adjective /ˈæfluənt/ /ˈæfluənt/ (formal) jump to other results having a lot of money and a good standard of living synonym prosperous, wealthy affluent Western countries a very affluent neighbourhood Synonyms richrich wealthy prosperous affluent well off comfortable These words all describe somebody/something that has a lot of money, property or valuable possessions. rich (of a person) having a lot of money, property or valuable possessions; (of a country or city) producing a lot of wealth so that many of its people can live at a high standard wealthy rich rich or wealthy?There is no real difference in meaning between these two words. Both are very frequent, but rich is more frequent and can be used in some fixed phrases where wealthy cannot: He’s stinking/filthy wealthy. • It’s a favourite resort for the wealthy and famous. prosperous (rather formal) rich and successful affluent (rather formal) rich and with a good standard of living: affluent Western countries prosperous or affluent?Both prosperous and affluent are used to talk about people and places. Prosperous is used much more than affluent to talk about times and periods. Affluent is often used to contrast rich people or societies with poor ones. Being prosperous is nearly always seen as a good thing: It’s good to see you looking so prosperous. • It’s good to see you looking so affluent. well off (often used in negative sentences) rich: His family is not very well off. The opposite of well off is badly off, but this is not very frequent; it is more common to say that somebody is not well off. comfortable having enough money to buy what you want without worrying about the cost: They’re not millionaires, but they’re certainly very comfortable. Patterns a(n) rich/wealthy/prosperous/affluent/well-off family a rich/wealthy/prosperous/well-off man/woman a(n) rich/wealthy/prosperous/affluent country/city Oxford Collocations DictionaryAffluent is used with these nouns: country district family … See full entry Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense freely flowing ): via Old French from Latin affluent- ‘flowing towards, flowing freely’, from the verb affluere, from ad- ‘to’ + fluere ‘to flow’.
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