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单词 well off
释义
well off
adjective
uk
/ˌwel ˈɒf/us
/ˌwel ˈɑːf/

well offadjective(RICH)

C1
rich:
富有的，有钱的
Herfamilywas very well off.她的家庭非常富有。
[before noun]awell-offneighbourhood富人区
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples
having a lot of money
  • richShe's one of the richest women in the country.
  • wealthyOliver's parents are very wealthy.
  • well offAfter years of working hard, we are now quite well off.
  • loadedThey don't have any money worries - they're loaded.
  • flushHe's flush with cash.
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SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Rich and wealthy
  • affluence
  • affluenza
  • bankability
  • bankable
  • bazillionaire
  • be rolling in itidiom
  • be stinking richidiom
  • clover
  • creditworthy
  • fat
  • landed
  • moneyed
  • not be short of a bob or twoidiom
  • prosperity
  • purchasing power
  • roll
  • self-supporting
  • strike
  • strike goldidiom
  • wealthy
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well offadjective(HAVING A LOT)

[after verb]UK
having a lot of or anumberof:
拥有大量…的；充足的
Thecityis well offforparksandgardens.这座城市有很多公园和花园。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Plenty and abundant
  • abound
  • abound in/withsomething
  • abundance
  • abundant
  • abundantly
  • drip
  • galore
  • generosity
  • generous
  • generously
  • handsomely
  • lavish
  • luxuriant
  • over-generously
  • overgenerosity
  • plenitude
  • plenteous
  • plentiful
  • richly
  • trove
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Idiom

know whenyouare well off
well off
noun[plural]
uk
/ˌwel ˈɒf/us
/ˌwel ˈɑːf/
the well-off
richpeople:
富人，有钱人
It is aresortthatclearlycatersfor thewell-off.这显然是个为富人准备的度假胜地。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Rich people
  • baller
  • beautiful
  • champagne socialist
  • deb
  • elite
  • gilded
  • jet-setter
  • laird
  • millionairess
  • moneybags
  • multi-millionairess
  • multibillionaire
  • multimillionaire
  • preppy
  • rich
  • socialite
  • squattocracy
  • squillionaire
  • the beautiful peopleidiom
  • the jet set
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(Definition ofwell offfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

well-off| American Dictionary

well-off
adjective
us/ˈwelˈɔf/
wealthy
(Definition ofwell-offfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

well-off| Business English

well-off
adjective
(alsowell off)
uk
/ˌwelˈɒf/us
rich:
Myoldcustomerswere well-off,middle-agedpeople.
Grants areavailableforless well-offfamilies.
used todescribeaplacewhererichpeoplelive:
Hegrewup in a well-offdistrictof Houston.
well-off
noun[plural]
(alsowell off)
uk
us
the well-off
richpeople:
Financefirmsareconcentratingon the well-off.
(Definition ofwell-offfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofwell off

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Such epistemicallywell-offexclusivists may be rare, but it is important not to ignore those on the margins with our principles.
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Is it fair to ask lesswell-offtaxpayers to fund the greater convenience of services for those whose needs are least?
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Arrangements where net flows of support are downward are dominated bywell-offolder people : being rich (kaya) entailed responsibilities for children and grandchildren.
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Eventually, the lack of ability to adjust the houses to changing standards caused neighbourhood aging and the departure ofwell-offresidents.
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However, polarisation was not substantial and the attitudes of thewell-offwere still quite positive towards the welfare state.
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Resistance to democratic decentralisation certainly plays a role in the power-retaining strategies of somewell-offactors within the central state sphere.
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Broad-based screening for cystic fibrosis and for other prevalent genetic diseases is thus jeopardized, because only educated and financiallywell-offindividuals are utilizing it.
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One might object that there are epistemicallywell-offexclusivists adhering to different religions.
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The sources used pertain to thewell-off, to the propertied and to an almost exclusively male world.
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In each parish there was a small group of yeomen, four or fivewell-offhusbandmen or craftsmen and a number of poorer husbandmen.
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A disproportionate percentage of indigenous testaments represent the established nobility and thewell-off, as might be expected.
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Now, suppose that we must choose between benefiting awell-offperson and benefiting a badly-off person.
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In general terms, administrators tended to come from the lesswell-offlanded families.
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I had thought that this food would be shared with those who were lesswell-offin the neighbourhood.
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Attempts to encourage lesswell-offworkers to take early retirement often promote a transition into a worse situation.
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