opulence

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美

n.  财富；富裕; 丰富，富饶；大量; 富裕（或繁荣）状况；丰富（或丰满）状态（亦作 opulency）

TOEFLIELTS

BNC.21153 / COCA.21823

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 豪华的；奢侈的；富丽堂皇的
  Opulentthings or places look grand and expensive.
  1. ...an opulent office on Wimpole Street in London's West End.
     伦敦西区温波尔街上的一间豪华办公室
• ADJ-GRADED 富有的；阔绰的；挥金如土的
  Opulentpeople are very wealthy and spend a lot of money.
  1. Most of the cash went on supporting his opulent lifestyle.
     大部分现金都花在了维系他挥金如土的生活方式上。

英英释义

noun

• wealth as evidenced by sumptuous living
  Synonym:luxuryluxuriousnesssumptuousness

双语例句

• The 14-storey apartment blocks seem oddly out of place, not only because of their opulence but because their many empty flats are a haven of calm in an otherwise busy area.
  这些14层高的公寓楼看上去与周遭环境格格不入，不仅因为它们看上去富丽堂皇，还因为里面许多空置的住房成为这个繁华地区宁静的一角。
• Dickens contrasts the opulence of France's nobility with indigence of her peasants.
  锹更斯比较法兰西贵族的富裕与其农民的贫穷。
• This solution which is complete on one side only leads her fatally to two extremes: monstrous opulence, monstrous wretchedness.
  这种只完成一个方面的解决办法必然把它引向这样两个极端：丑恶不堪的豪华和丑恶不堪的穷苦。
• Fleets of vessels are despatched, at great expense, to collect the dung of petrels and penguins at the South Pole, and the incalculable element of opulence which we have on hand, we send to the sea.
  我们花了大量开支，派船队到南极去收集海燕和企鹅的粪，而手边不可估量的致富因素却流入海洋。
• So the liner, whose name was meant to be synonymous with opulence, in at least one instance relied on cheap materials.
  因此，这艘名字寓意着豪华的轮船至少在一个方面用了廉价材料。
• But the truly jaw-dropping opulence is off-limits to regular Ukrainians, who have descended on the estate during the past two weeks: Inside Yanukovych's private mansion.
  但真正令人瞠目结舌的奢华是过去两周来造访这栋豪宅的乌克兰老百姓无缘领略的&亚努科维奇的私人豪宅内部现在已是游客禁地。
• Looks like he was on opulence's payroll, too.
  看上去他也为“丰满”干活。
• One side, Smith praises the commercial society for that it can bring opulence and liberty to mankind, and anther side, with the very calm attitude, he profoundly analyzes the evils which have appeared or will appear in the commercial society.
  他一方面热烈欢迎为人类带来富裕和自由的商业社会，另一方面，他带着现实的冷静态度，对商业社会已经和将要出现的弊端进行了深刻剖析，并提出了相应的解决办法。
• Purple roses: enhancement, magnification, opulence, majesty and glory," I will always love you!"
  紫玫瑰：感情增强和加深、富裕、高贵和崇拜，“我会永远爱你！”
• The estate had formerly belonged to a gentleman of opulence and taste, who had bestowed some considerable attention to the adornment of his grounds His manners, when he liked, were those of a finished gentleman of the old school.
  这庄园以前的主人是一位富裕、高雅的绅士，在环境的修饰上颇费过一番心血。他的风度，碰上他高兴的时候，倒不失为老派的优雅的绅士风度。