affluent: [15] The meaning ‘rich’ is a fairly recent development for affluent; it is first recorded in the mid 18th century. Originally the adjective meant simply ‘flowing’. It came, via Old French, from Latin affluent-, the present participle of affluere, a compound verb formed from the prefix ad- ‘towards’ and fluere ‘flow’ (the source of English fluid, fluent, flux, fluctuate, and many other derivatives). => fluctuate, fluent, fluid, flux
affluent (adj.)
mid-15c., "flowing," from Middle French affluent (14c.) or directly from Latin affluentem (nominative affluens) "flowing toward, abounding, rich, copious," present participle of affluere "flow toward," from ad- "to" (see ad-) + fluere "to flow" (see fluent).
雙語例句
1. The Strand is one of London's busiest and most affluent streets.
斯特蘭德街是倫敦最繁華、最富足的街道之一。
來自柯林斯例句
2. The diet of the affluent has not changed much over the decades.
幾十年來富人們的飲食習慣并未發(fā)生太大的變化。
來自柯林斯例句
3. a very affluent neighbourhood
富人區(qū)
來自《權(quán)威詞典》
4. He is an affluent man.
他是一個富有的人.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
5. It's a fallacy that the affluent give relatively more to charity than the less prosperous.