well-to-do

音标发音

• 英式音标 [ˌwel.təˈduː]
• 美式音标 [ˌwel.təˈduː]
• 英式发音
• 美式发音

基本解释

• adj.小康的；富裕的
• n.富人

同根派生

英汉例句

双语例句

• And the US and other well-to-do nations are pushing for the IMF to develop a system of "best practices" for SWFs.
  与此同时，美国及其他富裕的国家也在催促国际货币基金组织（IMF）为这些基金发展一套“最佳实践”的体系。
• In families relying on agriculture, women are in charge of weeding and help with the harvest, and among poor families women also perform full-time work for the more well-to-do.
  在依赖于农业的家庭，妇女负责除草和帮助收获，而在贫穷的家庭中妇女为了生活的更好也从事全职工作。
• “For the first time in my life I got to know what ‘Dhuka” (suffering) is,” says one well-to-do lady from a village who lost everything.
  “这是我有生以来第一次尝到苦难是什么滋味，”某村一位富有的农妇说道。 她在海啸中失去了一切。

原声例句

• "Organic agriculture in general is well suited to small-scale farmers because usually small-scale farmers do not have much cash to purchase external inputs, chemical inputs,pesticides, or chemical fertilizers."
• How do we have a conversation about what does it mean to be a well-rounded student at an American university today?
  我们如何建立这样一个对话,就是在当今的美国大学中,如何才能成为一个全方位发展的学生？
  普林斯顿公开课 - 人性课程节选
• He anticipated this power much as his father, a reasonably well-to-do banker, might have anticipated long-term earnings from a particularly risky business venture.
  他预测到他的力量，正如他的父亲，一个相当富有的银行家，能够预测到从一笔风险高的生意中,能获得多少长期利益一样。
  耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选

权威例句

• Another is if you're uninsured and well-to-do enough that you might not qualify for financial aid.
  NPR: 3 min 45 sec

词组短语

短语

• well -to-do level u 小康水平
• a well -to-do family 一个富裕的家庭;小康人家;一个小康之家;家道小康
• be well -to-do 生活优裕;家家丰衣足食
• chinese well -to-do society 中国小康社会
• Well -to-do Peasants 富裕农民

英英字典

剑桥英英字典

• rich

柯林斯英英字典

• A well-to-do person is rich enough to be able to do and buy most of the things that they want.