mid-14c., "a plentiful flowing, an abundance," from Old French affluence, from Latin affluentia "a flowing to," figuratively "affluence, abundance," noun of state from affluentem (nominative affluens) "flowing toward, abounding, rich, copious" (see affluent). Sense of "wealth" attested from c. 1600, from notion of "a plentiful flow" (of the gifts of fortune).
雙語例句
1. Pockets of affluence coexist with poverty.
少數富裕地區與貧困地區并存。
來自柯林斯例句
2. Their affluence is more apparent than real.
他們的富有是虛有其表.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
3. For them, affluence was bought at the price of less freedom in their work environment.
對他們來說，富足是以減少在工作場所的自由為代價才獲得的。
來自柯林斯例句
4. Zurich's affluence came initially from cornering a sizeable chunk of the 14th Century silk trade.
蘇黎世的富足最初來自于14世紀對絲綢貿易的高度壟斷。
來自柯林斯例句
5. There is a lot of affluence in this part of the state because it has many businesses.