| 词汇 | opulence |
| 释义 | opulence noun[ U ] uk /ˈɒp.jə.ləns/ us /ˈɑː.pjə.ləns/ the quality of being expensive and luxurious: 富裕 He says living in such opulence makes him uneasy.他说，生活在如此富裕的环境中让他感到不安。 She stared around her in awe at the sheer opulence of the room. 她敬畏地打量着这间极具奢华的房间。 See opulent The opulence of the hotel was quite a contrast to its surroundings. The house enjoyed five centuries of wealth and opulence followed by rapid descent into decay and neglect. I wandered around amazed at the sheer opulence of the party. Expensive & luxurious be expensive to do champagne costliness costly expense expensively extravagance gold plate grandly lush luxuriant luxurious luxury luxury goods plushly poshly poshness preciousness premium-rate ritzy Examples of opulenceopulence 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 See all examples of opulence 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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