| 词汇 | example_english_opulence |
| 释义 | Examples of opulenceThese examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. And the right measure of opulence is (inclusive) wealth. The aura of opulence had gone: chaises-longues and chandeliers had given way to desks and cupboards. We tend to forget, however, that luxury is not only manifested in opulence. Instead of these we have self-indulgence and greed, public poverty and private opulence. As a nation's wealth is the social worth of its capital assets, it is a measure of the nation's opulence. The opulence of the costume suggested authority and wealth and, no doubt, sparked fantasy in the audience's imagination. Persons in poverty, are rising to opulence, and persons of wealth, are sinking to poverty. More ambitious students dream of up to a dozen or more and living out the rest of their days in opulence. The point isn't that opulence misleads, but rather that we should search for the right measure of opulence. On such occasions, the objective seemed invariably to be to create an atmosphere of opulence : the more glamorous and expensive the goods consumed, the more successful the outing. You have only to look about you at the present time to see greed, opulence and corruption taking over. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 On many railways they are even better than the first-class carriages, because they are not so stuffy, velvety, and upholstered with the same uncomfortable opulence. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Those savings are on a scale to provide genuine opulence in any family world, which indicates that opportunities must exist for additional help. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The men to-day are equally efficient and should not be passed over in favour of those of more opulence or other social status. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 On your side is every element of what is called respectability: education, opulence, power, rank, connexions. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I agree that it is not through opulence but through necessity. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I am speaking of the opulence and financial strength of this island and its result. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 What has brought us to these life choices in times of peace and opulence? From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English I call it private opulence in the midst of public squalor, if ever there was such a case. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Opulence and waste are unacceptable when the tragedy of hunger is assuming ever greater proportions. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English Where is the richness, where is the opulence? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I believe that this image of opulence is really an echo of history and that historic parallels can occasionally be repeated and discerned. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Quite clearly we have come a long way since the days of the opulence of the private producer of munitions. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There is nothing new in the point of view of preferring defence to opulence. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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