well-heeled

英 [ˌwel ˈhiːld]

美 [ˌwel ˈhiːld]

adj.  有钱的;富有的

柯林斯词典

• 有钱的;富有的
  Someone who iswell-heeledis wealthy.

英英释义

adj

• in fortunate circumstances financially
  1. they were comfortable or even wealthy by some standards
  2. easy living
  3. a prosperous family
  4. his family is well-situated financially
  5. well-to-do members of the community
  Synonym:comfortableeasyprosperouswell-fixedwell-offwell-situatedwell-to-do

双语例句

• He said there's stiff competition from the United States, Australia and some European countries for the well-heeled crowd.
  来自美国、澳大利亚和欧洲一些其它国家的竞争相当激烈，它们同样非常欢迎这些富有的投资者。
• The St Germain district, like much of Paris, has been taken over by tourists and the well-heeled bourgeois, The thinkers are now scattered, both geographically and intellectually.
  圣日尔曼区就像巴黎的大多数地区一样，已被旅游观光的人和阔绰的有钱人给占据了。那些思想家们，不仅人散四方，精神上也分崩离析了。
• But they deal with well-heeled lobbies every day.
  但是他们每天都要与这些穿着考究的游说人员打交道。
• And tens of millions of less well-heeled consumers routinely splurge on high-end products.
  那么，千百万自备消费者日常挥霍高端产品。
• As for most organisations in the UN system, they are dysfunctional bureaucracies run for the benefit of the elites of poor countries and well-heeled consultants from rich countries.
  至于联合国体系中的多数组织，它们都是为穷国的精英和富国的有钱顾问服务的功能紊乱的官僚机构。
• Well-heeled Chinese expectant mothers head to the US before delivery to get citizenships for their new babies.
  富有的中国准妈妈在生产前奔赴美国，以便为孩子争取到美国公民身份。
• Right now, solar panels cost so much that only well-heeled, well-meaning Westerners can afford to install them.
  目前，由于太阳能面板成本过高，只有既富裕又好心的西方人安装得起。
• Retail-led schemes from Dumfries in Scotland to well-heeled Chester in Cheshire and Newport, Wales, have recently been put on hold by their developers.
  从苏格兰邓弗里斯，到富有的柴郡切斯特和威尔士纽波特，以零售为主导的商业地产计划最近已被开发商搁置。
• Would you like to have a famous author, prominent entrepreneur, or well-heeled venture capitalist in your network?
  你想在自己的社交网络中结识几个知名作家，杰出企业家，或是某个富有的风投资本家吗？
• Marxism is a theory of how well-heeled capitalist nations might use their immense resources to achieve justice and prosperity for their people.
  马克思主义是关于富有的资本主义国家应该利用它们巨大的资源为它们的人民实现正义与繁荣的理论。