爱华网【英语词汇】
affluent、well-off、wealthy、
prosperous
佳中
这组形容词都含“富裕的”、“富有的”意思。
affluent “富裕的”、“富足的”； 较 rich正式，语气强烈，指拥有大量金
钱及财产。
1）With thedevelopment of economy, the people are getting affluent /rich and
can afford expensive tours.
随着经济的发展,人们越来越富裕,可以承受昂贵的旅游。
2）Greatinsufficiency of consumer demand———— becomes serious obstacle for Chinato
step into affluentsociety.
消费者的需求不强成了中国进入富裕的社会的严重障碍。
3）Luxury cars aretargeted towardstheaffluentsegment of apopulation.
豪华轿车是以人口中的富裕阶层为销售对象的。
4）You'll usually seethem dressed casually, though they areamong
Europe'saffluentpeople.
虽然他们是欧洲最有钱的人，但是你通常都会看到他们穿得很普通。
well-off“有钱的”、“富裕的”，比rich的语气随便。作定语时需用连字
符号，作表语时通常不用。
1）He seemed to be very welloff．
他好象很富有。
2）Thenationcannotprosperunlessthepeasantsarerelativelywelloff.
只有农民的生活富裕了，整个国家才会富强起来。
3）On the whole, thepeople made a historic leap from having only adequatefood
andclothing to leadingawell-offlife.
人民生活总体上实现了由温饱到小康的历史性跨越。
4）The livingstandards of quite a large number of people have not reachedawell-
offlevel though theyhave ample food and clothing.
还有相当数量的人口虽然温饱问题得到解决，但尚未达到小康。
wealthy“富裕的”、“富有的”， 语气不如 rich强烈，更侧重指经济上富
裕、有钱有社会地位或身份。
1）It became fashionableforwealthyfamilies tosend their grown children to
foreigncountries.
有钱的人家把他们长大成人的儿女送到国外去受教育已成为当时的时尚。
2）He suddenlybecamewealthy, which changed his wholemode of life."
他突然致富，富有改变了他的整个生活方式。
3）The club facedbankruptcy untilawealthylocalbusinessman bailed them out.
俱乐部那时眼看就要破产, 後来本地有位富商鼎力相助, 才摆脱困境。
4）Though active incommerce or the professions, most ofthewealthypeoplewere
not self-made, but had inherited familyfortunes.
尽管绝大多数富豪活跃于商业或各项职业，但他们并非是白手起家，而是继承了家庭财富。
5）First, you canenjoy a happier life with healthy body than thosewealthy
people with poor health.
首先,有了健康的身体你就比那些健康不佳富人的享受更快乐的生活。
prosperous除了表示“富裕”外，更侧重于“繁荣”、“富强”、“兴旺”
的意思。
1）It is in China's vital interest to keep HongKongprosperousandstable.
保持香港的繁荣稳定是符合中国的切身利益的。
2）It’s hard tobelieve that inthisprosperouscountry, hungercould be a
serious problem.
很难相信在这个富裕的国家里, 饥饿会成为一个严重的问题。
3）After years ofsteady development, the company has now come into aprosperous
stage.
经过多年的稳步发展,现在公司已进入一个繁荣的阶段。
4）The city at onetime must have been prosperous, for it enjoyed a high levelof
civilization.
这座古城过去一度很繁荣,因为它曾享有高度的文明。
enrich动词，“使富裕”；“使丰富”、“使充实”。
1）The discovery of goldin the valleys will enrich the poor mountainarea.
山谷里发现了黄金将会使这个穷困的山区富起来。
2）Sports canenrich our life and maintain our psychologicalhealth.
运动能丰富我们的生活，保持我们心理健康。
3）Many foreign wordsand phrases have enriched the English language.
许多外来词和短语丰富了英语。
4）By readingweenrichthe mind; byconversation we polish it.
读书可以使我门的思想充实，谈话使其更臻完美。
