| 单词 | affluent |
| 释义 | affluent (once / 1375 pages) 1adjn 2n You know you're driving through an affluent neighborhood when you see large houses, perfect landscaping, and expensive cars. Use affluent to describe wealthy people or areas. In Middle English, affluent meant "abundant, flowing," from Old French, from Latin affluēns, from affluere "to abound in," from the prefix ad- "to, at" plus fluere "to flow." The meaning of "abundant, flowing" is still seen in phrases such as "affluent prose." But mostly, when you use the word affluent, the thing understood to be flowing is cash. WORD FAMILYaffluent: affluence, affluently, affluents+/affluence: affluences USAGE EXAMPLESThe national referendum result was narrow but Remain votes piled up in big cities, affluent suburbs and Scotland. BBC(Jan 02, 2017) In every income group in Britain bar the most affluent ABs, there was a majority for leaving the EU. The Guardian(Dec 31, 2016) Romney–Clinton counties were especially affluent, though, with a median home price above $300,000 — twice that of the typical county carried by Trump. Washington Post(Dec 29, 2016) 1 1adj having an abundant supply of money or possessions of value an affluent banker Syn flush, loaded, moneyed, wealthy rich possessing material wealth 2n an affluent person; a person who is financially well off 2the so-called emerging affluents Hyper have, rich person, wealthy person a person who possesses great material wealth n a branch that flows into the main stream Syn|Ant|Hyper confluent, feeder, tributary distributary a branch of a river that flows away from the main stream and does not rejoin it branch a stream or river connected to a larger one |
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