(especially of a group or area)having a great deal of money; wealthy
(尤指团体或地区)有钱的,富裕的
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the affluent societies of the western world 西方世界的富裕社会
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[as plural noun
the affluent ]only the affluent could afford to travel abroad .只有富人才有钱到国外去旅游。
〈古〉 (水)畅流,滔滔流动。
〈古〉 支流。
"late Middle English (in sense 2) : via Old French from Latin