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

• Faced with a market in which even the relatively well-heeled find it tough to buy decent housing, Beijing residents seem likely to do a little roaring of their own.
  在北京这样一个即使是相对富裕的人也很难买套像样的房子的地方，北京居民看起来可能要独自怒吼了。
• 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。
• 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。
• Even among the well-heeled Davos audience, Ms Lagarde drew applause.
  甚至连富有的达沃斯听众都对拉加德报以掌声。
• 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。
• But outside Japan, Shiseido is a relatively niche brand, favoured more by well-heeled consumers.
  但在日本以外地区，资生堂是一个相对小众的品牌，更受那些富裕讲究的消费者的喜爱。
• 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。
• 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。
• That is all right for well-heeled travellers, happy to have an alternative to flying.
  这对于富有的旅行者来说还不错，他们很高兴能有个代替飞机的备选方案。
• 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。