abundance
名词 n.
英 /əˈbʌn.dn̩s/
美 /əˈbʌn.dn̩s/|/əˈbʌn.dn̩ts/|/əˈbn̩.dn̩s/
英文释义
名词 n.
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A large quantity; many.
— Due to the abundance of art material, the class made a giant collage.
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An overflowing fullness or ample sufficiency; profusion; copious supply; superfluity; plentifulness.
— It is lamentable to remember what abundance of noble blood hath been shed with small benefit to the Christian state.
- Wealth; affluence; plentiful amount of resources.
- Frequency, amount, ratio of something within a given environment or sample.
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A political ideology that is progressive but prioritises economic growth and infrastructure construction.
— In The Nation, Jeet Heer recently wrote that abundance “amounts to a new iteration of neoliberalism promoting deregulation and business-friendly policies.”
- A bid to take nine or more tricks in solo whist.
- enough, sufficiency.
词汇关系
词源
From Middle English abundaunce, habaundance, from Old French habundance, abondance, from Latin abundantia (“fullness, plenty”), from abundō (“to overflow”). Equivalent to abound + -ance. Displaced Old English geniht (“abundance, plenty”).
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