affluent

affluent
adjective
  1. (especially of a group or area) having a great deal of money; wealthy
    (尤指团体或地区)有钱的,富裕的
    the affluent societies of the western world.
    西方世界的富裕社会。
    [as plural noun the affluent]only the affluent could afford to travel abroad.
    只有那些富人才有钱能到国外去旅游。
  2. (archaic)(of water) flowing freely or in great quantity
    (古)(水)畅流,滔滔流动
noun
  1. (archaic)a tributary stream
    (古)支流
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affluence
noun
affluently
adverb
语源
  1. late Middle English (in sense 2): via Old French from Latin affluent- 'flowing towards, flowing freely', from the verb affluere, from ad- 'to' + fluere 'to flow'
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