well-to-do

Word family nounwellnesswellbeingwell-wisherwellingwellheadwellhousewellspringadjectivewell-advisedwell-appointedwell-balancedwell-behavedwell-bornwell-bredwell-builtwell-chosenwell-definedwell-deservedwell-developedwell-disposedwell-donewell-dressedwell-earnedwell-educatedwell-endowedwell-fedwell-foundedwell-groomedwell-groundedwell-heeledwell-hungwell-informedwell-intentionedwell-keptwell-knownwell-manneredwell-meaningwell-meantwell-oiledwell-readwell-roundedwell-spokenwell-thought-outwell-thumbedwell-timedwell-to-dowell-triedwell-troddenwell-turnedwell-wornwelladverbwell-nigh

ˌwell-to-ˈdo adjectiveadj

1 RICHrich and with a high social position 富有的，有钱有地位的

well-to-do families

有钱人家

► see thesaurus at rich

2. the well-to-do RICHpeople who are rich 富人

Examples from the Corpus

well-to-do• The Westons were now well-to-do, and there was no necessity for work, either of a lawful or unlawful kind.• San Giovanni seems to have been the well-to-do area, as one would expect, since it included the cathedral.• He wants to find a husband from a well-to-do background for his daughter.• A lot of our well-to-do customers liked it blue.• Surprisingly, police statistics show that many of these thefts were carried out by people from well-to-do families.• Although her father was a well-to-do market trader, his wealth was modest by comparison with that of the new jet-set.• The less well-to-do may encourage early marriage and give priority to settling down to stable family life.• The children of well-to-do parents do much better than the children of poorer parents -- just as they do here.• Fedorov must be at least well-to-do, probably rich.• Educational facilities are best in the more well-to-do residential areas.• He would spend all his time with well-to-do society people, though he hadn't got their sort of money.• a well-to-do suburb• a well-to-do young woman

单词	well-to-do
释义	well-to-do Word family nounwellnesswellbeingwell-wisherwellingwellheadwellhousewellspringadjectivewell-advisedwell-appointedwell-balancedwell-behavedwell-bornwell-bredwell-builtwell-chosenwell-definedwell-deservedwell-developedwell-disposedwell-donewell-dressedwell-earnedwell-educatedwell-endowedwell-fedwell-foundedwell-groomedwell-groundedwell-heeledwell-hungwell-informedwell-intentionedwell-keptwell-knownwell-manneredwell-meaningwell-meantwell-oiledwell-readwell-roundedwell-spokenwell-thought-outwell-thumbedwell-timedwell-to-dowell-triedwell-troddenwell-turnedwell-wornwelladverbwell-nigh ˌwell-to-ˈdo adjectiveadj 1 RICHrich and with a high social position 富有的，有钱有地位的 well-to-do families 有钱人家 ► see thesaurus at rich 2. the well-to-do RICHpeople who are rich 富人 Examples from the Corpus well-to-do• The Westons were now well-to-do, and there was no necessity for work, either of a lawful or unlawful kind.• San Giovanni seems to have been the well-to-do area, as one would expect, since it included the cathedral.• He wants to find a husband from a well-to-do background for his daughter.• A lot of our well-to-do customers liked it blue.• Surprisingly, police statistics show that many of these thefts were carried out by people from well-to-do families.• Although her father was a well-to-do market trader, his wealth was modest by comparison with that of the new jet-set.• The less well-to-do may encourage early marriage and give priority to settling down to stable family life.• The children of well-to-do parents do much better than the children of poorer parents -- just as they do here.• Fedorov must be at least well-to-do, probably rich.• Educational facilities are best in the more well-to-do residential areas.• He would spend all his time with well-to-do society people, though he hadn't got their sort of money.• a well-to-do suburb• a well-to-do young woman
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