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单词 affluence
释义
affluence
noun[U]
uk
/ˈæf.lu.əns/us
/ˈæf.lu.əns/
thestateof having a lot ofmoneyorowningmany things:
富裕；富足
What we areseeingincreasinglyis asocietyofprivateaffluence andpublicsqualor.我们所见的，是一个私产愈见富足而国家日趋贫困的社会。
The nation's affluence has made two- andeventhree-carfamiliesthenorm.国家的富足使两车之家乃至三车之家成为常态。
Synonym
wealth(MONEY)
See
affluent
More examples
  • MostAmericanscontinuetoenjoyconsiderableaffluence.
  • Increasing affluence hasledto manyconsumingadietwith moreprocessedfoodthanfreshvegetables.
  • Thiscitydoesn'tenjoythetypicalsuburbanaffluence that otherareasdo.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
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  • affluenza
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  • bankable
  • bazillionaire
  • be rolling in itidiom
  • be stinking richidiom
  • clover
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  • 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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(Definition ofaffluencefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

affluence| Business English

affluence
noun[U]
ECONOMICS
uk
/ˈæfluəns/us
thestateof having a lot ofmoneyand possessions:
Thisperiodsawtheincreaseofrealwagesand affluence in Britishsociety.
(Definition ofaffluencefrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofaffluence

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This reverse means test, usually referred to as an 'affluencetest', is believed by its opponents to threaten the political stability of the programme.
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Increasing incomes andaffluencehave fuelled demand for more expansive dwellings.
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Since then, the camps have seen a proliferation of markets, and a relative and uneven growth inaffluence.
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He thence concludes that it is "the suppression of theaffluenceof the arterial blood to which this paralysis is due" (ibid.).
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Table 5 presents the effects of the macro-variables on the poverty risk, when controlled for economicaffluence.
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Recipes and descriptions of meals portray an unrealistic level ofaffluenceand availability of ingredients.
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And this may be in stark contrast to theaffluenceobserved outside of the neighborhood.
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The data also indicate markedly higher education and socioeconomic status and greateraffluencethan unskilled workers.
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In particular, in two-person cases more generally, we have to assign absolute priority to people in absolute poverty in conflicts with people living inaffluence.
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Affluencemay only be experienced by a minority of the retired, but there were exemplar individuals in our sample.
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Liberalism does far better withaffluencethan with scarcity.
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The money andaffluencebecomes an asset to start a settlement in life.
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But the project has never had that kind ofaffluence; we had to make do with conventional or traditional methods to some extent.
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This apparentaffluenceis in stark contrast to the rural settlement sites where objects, invariably from secondary deposits, tend to be rare.
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For, through much of the period under review, most investigators continued to enjoy sufficientaffluenceto cushion themselves from irresistible, externally-inflicted financial pressures.
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