better-off的意思|better-off的解释-里氏词典

better-off ['wɛl'ɔf]

a. 境况较好的

They are better off than we are.
他们的境况比我们好。
He is much better off than I am.
他的境况要比我好得多。
Trade Can Make Everyone Better Off.
贸易能使每个人状况更好。

better-off \better-off\ adj.
1. being in a more prosperous condition. better-off than his
classmate [Narrower terms: {rich (vs. poor)}] WordNet 1.5]

2. in a more fortunate condition. she would have been better
off if she had stuck to her Bible

Syn: better off.
[WordNet 1.5] ||

If the regime for maintenance grants were extended to tuition fees, a typical university would become as expensive as Eton for students from better-off families. Ironically, the means-testing option has impeccable Tory credentials.
Increasing polarisation between better-off and poorer neighbourhoods in Oldham and Oxford.
Ageing populations in Europe and America mean more, better-off customers with time on their hands, and Madeira has a particularly young population available to serve them. But the government is aware of the dangers of rapid development.
It is the memory of how the Vietnam War was fought by the poor, the black, the blue collar, while young men from better-off families generally managed to avoid combat duty.

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