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单词 well-to-do
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Definition of well-to-do in English:

well-to-do

adjective wɛltəˈduːˌwɛltəˈdu
  • Wealthy; prosperous.

    富裕的,富有的;繁荣的

    a well-to-do family

    一个富裕家庭。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • He had been a doctor from a well-to-do family, but found he was unable to practise in Britain because he had no certificates to prove his qualifications.
    • Julia, John's mother, was the fourth of five sisters born into a well-to-do Liverpool family.
    • The large well-to-do families those great houses were built for left long ago.
    • Her Austrian family had been well-to-do leather merchants in Vienna until her father died.
    • Most artists, however, either hold full-time jobs or come from well-to-do families.
    • According to one person who attended, the gatherings attracted twenty-somethings from well-to-do Irish families.
    • The story was that of a little girl who was born in a well-to-do family and was a top performer in her studies.
    • Born in London, he was raised in a well-to-do family, and given an undergraduate education.
    • Diana is from a well-to-do family and lives in a London penthouse.
    • You should be happy that your daughters have married into this well-to-do and respectable family.
    • Hotels and the more well-to-do families on the hillsides would set off fireworks.
    • His wife Tina is from a well-to-do family that owns much of the land and property in the Valley.
    Synonyms
    wealthy, rich, affluent, moneyed, cash rich, with deep pockets, well off, prosperous, opulent, substantial, comfortable, propertied
    of means, of substance
    informal rolling in money, rolling in it, in the money, loaded, stinking rich, filthy rich, well heeled, flush, made of money, quids in, worth a packet, worth a bundle, on easy street
    informal, dated oofy

Rhymes

accrue, adieu, ado, anew, Anjou, aperçu, askew, ballyhoo, bamboo, bedew, bestrew, billet-doux, blew, blue, boo, boohoo, brew, buckaroo, canoe, chew, clew, clou, clue, cock-a-doodle-doo, cockatoo, construe, coo, Corfu, coup, crew, Crewe, cru, cue, déjà vu, derring-do, dew, didgeridoo, do, drew, due, endue, ensue, eschew, feu, few, flew, flu, flue, foreknew, glue, gnu, goo, grew, halloo, hereto, hew, Hindu, hitherto, how-do-you-do, hue, Hugh, hullabaloo, imbrue, imbue, jackaroo, Jew, kangaroo, Karroo, Kathmandu, kazoo, Kiangsu, knew, Kru, K2, kung fu, Lahu, Lanzhou, Lao-tzu, lasso, lieu, loo, Lou, Manchu, mangetout, mew, misconstrue, miscue, moo, moue, mu, nardoo, new, non-U, nu, ooh, outdo, outflew, outgrew, peekaboo, Peru, pew, plew, Poitou, pooh, pooh-pooh, potoroo, pursue, queue, revue, roo, roux, rue, Selous, set-to, shampoo, shih-tzu, shoe, shoo, shrew, Sioux, skean dhu, skew, skidoo, slew, smew, snafu, sou, spew, sprue, stew, strew, subdue, sue, switcheroo, taboo, tattoo, thereto, thew, threw, thro, through, thru, tickety-boo, Timbuktu, tiramisu, to, to-do, too, toodle-oo, true, true-blue, tu-whit tu-whoo, two, vendue, view, vindaloo, virtu, wahoo, wallaroo, Waterloo, whereto, whew, who, withdrew, woo, Wu, yew, you, zoo

Definition of well-to-do in US English:

well-to-do

adjectiveˌwɛltəˈduˌweltəˈdo͞o
  • Wealthy; prosperous.

    富裕的,富有的;繁荣的

    a well-to-do family

    一个富裕家庭。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Born in London, he was raised in a well-to-do family, and given an undergraduate education.
    • Her Austrian family had been well-to-do leather merchants in Vienna until her father died.
    • Most artists, however, either hold full-time jobs or come from well-to-do families.
    • Diana is from a well-to-do family and lives in a London penthouse.
    • He had been a doctor from a well-to-do family, but found he was unable to practise in Britain because he had no certificates to prove his qualifications.
    • Hotels and the more well-to-do families on the hillsides would set off fireworks.
    • Julia, John's mother, was the fourth of five sisters born into a well-to-do Liverpool family.
    • According to one person who attended, the gatherings attracted twenty-somethings from well-to-do Irish families.
    • The large well-to-do families those great houses were built for left long ago.
    • His wife Tina is from a well-to-do family that owns much of the land and property in the Valley.
    • The story was that of a little girl who was born in a well-to-do family and was a top performer in her studies.
    • You should be happy that your daughters have married into this well-to-do and respectable family.
    Synonyms
    wealthy, rich, affluent, moneyed, cash rich, with deep pockets, well off, prosperous, opulent, substantial, comfortable, propertied
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