English Dictionary

affluent

/ˈæf.lu.ənt/

noun

Somebody who is wealthy. / A stream or river flowing into a larger river or into a lake; a tributary stream; a tributary.

She is an affluent businesswoman.

意味（1）

Somebody who is wealthy.

The affluents are most similar to the professional want-it-alls in their reasons for preferring specific hospitals and in their demographic characteristics.

意味（2）

A stream or river flowing into a larger river or into a lake; a tributary stream; a tributary.

The affluents of the Amazon are, half of them, of this nature, while the other half are whitish and opaque, the difference depending upon the class of country through which they have flowed.