well-heeled a. 富有的
well-heeled[ adj ]
in fortunate circumstances financially; moderately rich
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they were comfortable or even wealthy by some standardseasy living
a prosperous family
his family is well-situated financially
well-to-do members of the community
- Replacing them are today's multiple-dealership, well-heeled businessmen with one eye on the auto industry and the other on real estate.
- The amoral Mrs. Begbick and her band of law-breaking opportunists establish Mahoganny, a town of fantasy where they plan to bilk the bored but well-heeled.
- The presence of a few well-heeled economic citizens could push the island economies even further away from soft-money windows.
- Jeeps' young, well-heeled buyers simply aren't attuned to shopping for cars in a Jeep store.
- And Paris-based LVMH Moet Hennessey Louis Vuitton S.A. said sales growth of its pricey luggage and fragrance lines slowed because they are normally bought by well-heeled tourists.
- The large, well-heeled public builders, however, have continued to do well, picking up market share at a rapid rate.
- The casino operator wants to operate a higher-end riverboat catering to well-heeled customers in Joliet.
- An experiment by well-heeled Moslem fundamentalists to make money by capitalizing on religious Egyptians' devotion to Islam has gone sour.
- Making the loser of securities fraud lawsuits pay all legal fees increases the risk to the individual investor and stacks the deck for the well-heeled.
- Just as family-owned companies have discovered that they needed money to survive, big, well-heeled companies have discovered that they may not have the "savoir-faire" to manage a luxury product.
- For the well-heeled, who are the only ones who have to worry about being hit by the minimum tax for 1986, steering clear of the treacherous levy is a balancing act.
- The Hilton has been hurt particularly hard by the Mirage because both hotels cater to well-heeled clients.
- A glossy, sleekly designed magazine started in 1979, Cook's targeted well-heeled readers who liked to cook their own gourmet meals and entertain stylishly.
- Mr. Sculley himself was attracted to the idea of sharing the burden of software development with a well-heeled rival because Apple's internal development group, code named "Pink," was running behind schedule and over budget.
- Merchants who cater to the carriage trade complain that the government's proposal to hike taxes on big-ticket items - including expensive cars, yachts, jewelry and furs, as well as wine and liquor - discriminates against their well-heeled clientele.
- Clorox sent bleach, Goodyear repaired tires, JVC donated televisions and local banks cranked out cash as the San Francisco Bay area's well-heeled business community rushed to help its own over the weekend.
- Crowds of gawking East Germans filled the Leysieffer confectionary store and cafe in the morning, discouraging the usual well-heeled cappuccino sippers.
- Like previous well-heeled foreign financiers, they are evolving from outsiders into City insiders.
- The less well-heeled students association issued a statement in his support.
- He dismisses the Video Walkman as an attention-getting gimmick aimed mainly at well-heeled trend setters: "At $1,000 a pop, you don't sell many of these things."
- Philip Morris, Suchard's well-heeled US owner, has of course long topped the list of predators rumoured to be stalking Cadbury.
- San Cassiano sees some fairly well-heeled travellers, so there was less singing and more subdued chat in the bar.
- He says that since then RV show attendance has been as much as triple the year-earlier level because the well-heeled, middle-aged RV buyers stopped worrying about a protracted war.
- Ironically, though, the locals may also be the ultimate victims in this battle between the well-heeled.
- The gourmet baking company embarks today on a sky tours business featuring a vintage 1945 DC-3, hoping to capture the romance of aviation's golden era along with the hearts and wallets of well-heeled customers.
- Much of the area, home to the well-heeled of 18th-century Boston, has been transformed inwardly into condominium developments.
- And that side of the sport is booming too, as this report on angling for the well-heeled shows.
- In British towns, for example, well-heeled consumers can be counted on to shop in downtown areas alongside poorer customers, Mr. Scott said.
- Coniston pocketed $460 million for themselves and their well-heeled clients as a result of the restructuring.
- The men meeting this weekend on the 50th anniversary of World War II resemble a group of well-heeled retirees, but their collective secrets could turn anyone's hair white.