Prosperous

(a.) Tending to prosperity; favoring; favorable; helpful.

(a.) Being prospered; advancing in the pursuit of anything desirable; making gain, or increase; thriving; successful; as, a prosperous voyage; a prosperous undertaking; a prosperous man or nation.

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• He was undeniably a prosperous man, bore his drinking better than others bore their moderation, and, on the whole, flourished like the green bay-tree. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• The more prosperous landlords went to England to live, and had their children educated there. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• It may be of some use to the public, by affording an easy proof of the prosperous condition of the country. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• We set sail from Bristol, May 4, 1699, and our voyage was at first very prosperous. 乔纳森·斯威夫特. 格列佛游记.
• I see the lives for which I lay down my life, peaceful, useful, prosperous and happy, in that England which I shall see no more. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
• Changed into a man of this sort, Dobbin found the once florid, jovial, and prosperous John Sedley. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• Which, I wonder, brother reader, is the better lot, to die prosperous and famous, or poor and disappointed? 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• Hope you have made a prosperous voyage home, gentlemen both. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• I do not look upon myself as either prosperous or indulged. 简·奥斯汀. 爱玛.
• His name was Evans, but he afterwards changed it, like myself, and he is now a rich and prosperous man in the south of England. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯回忆录.
• Only two days ago I was a happy and prosperous man, without a care in the world. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
• It is very difficult for the prosperous to be humble. 简·奥斯汀. 爱玛.
• She would soon be well, and happy, and prosperous. 简·奥斯汀. 爱玛.
• If you hear of Lady Dedlock, brilliant, prosperous, and flattered, think of your wretched mother, conscience-stricken, underneath that mask! 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• Until he was forty he did indeed live a particularly undistinguished life in Mecca, as the husband of a prosperous wife. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• I mean an interest in her doing well,' resumed Mr. Pickwick; 'a desire that she may be comfortable and prosperous. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• Her husband's step was strong and prosperous among them; her father's firm and equal. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
• But first France must be prosperous. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• Our business might have become prosperous if I had been able to wait for it to grow. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• If I had been a happy man, if I had led a prosperous life, I believe I should have sunk under the task I had imposed on myself. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• I hope you have been this day preserved for a prosperous and happy life. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
• Basque newspapers have been published in the Argentine and in the United States to supply groups of prosperous emigrants. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• There is no difference between the growth of a plant and the prosperous development of an experience. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
• The marriage at first was a happy and prosperous one. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• She could not consider her partiality for Edward in so prosperous a state as Marianne had believed it. 简·奥斯汀. 理智与情感.
• Even if this country were comfortably well-off, healthy, prosperous, and educated, men would go on inventing and creating opportunities to amplify the possibilities of life. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• Isn't this a prosperous nation? 查尔斯·狄更斯. 艰难时事.
• Am I not prosperous? 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
• For a little while in Athens, for a section of the prosperous, there was leisure and opportunity. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• And, with a fair wind, you may now hope to make a prosperous voyage? 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.

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