If a person, a street, or a part of a city is affluent, they have plenty of money and the comfortable life that goes with it — nicer houses, more expensive things, fewer worries about the next bill. It is an adjective, and it belongs more to news, reports, and careful speech than to chat. A friend might say they are loaded; a newspaper will say an affluent suburb, meaning a well-off part of town.

If a person, a street, or a part of a city is affluent如果一個人、一條街，或城市裡的一個區域是affluent的，they have plenty of money and the comfortable life that goes with it就是說他們很有錢，也過著隨之而來的舒適生活——nicer houses, more expensive things, fewer worries about the next bill房子比較好、東西比較貴、也比較不用擔心下一筆帳單。It is an adjective這是個形容詞，and it belongs more to news, reports, and careful speech than to chat比較常出現在新聞、報告，和謹慎的說話裡，而不是閒聊。A friend might say they are loaded朋友可能會說某人very loaded（很有錢）；a newspaper will say an affluent suburb報紙則會說an affluent suburb，meaning a well-off part of town意思是城裡比較有錢的區域。

Though actually, affluent does not always mean flashy. An affluent neighbourhood can look quiet and tidy, not gold and loud.

Though actually不過其實，affluent does not always mean flashyaffluent不代表一定很浮誇。An affluent neighbourhood can look quiet and tidy一個affluent的社區可以看起來安靜、整齊，not gold and loud而不是金光閃閃、很張揚。

There is also an older, now rare use where an affluent stream is one that flows into another river — a leftover of the original “flow towards” picture — but almost nobody means that today. The wealthy sense dates from about 1600, from the idea of a plentiful flow of goods, and that is also how English got the noun affluence.

There is also an older, now rare use還有一個比較舊、現在很少用的用法，where an affluent stream is one that flows into another riveran affluent stream指的是流入另一條河的支流——a leftover of the original "flow towards" picture這是「流向」這個原始畫面留下來的痕跡——but almost nobody means that today但現在幾乎沒有人這樣用了。The wealthy sense dates from about 1600「有錢」這個意思大約從1600年開始出現，from the idea of a plentiful flow of goods來自「大量物資湧入」這個概念，and that is also how English got the noun affluence英文的名詞affluence也是這樣來的。

It is not a rude word, and it is not automatically a compliment; it just places someone on the comfortable side of money.

It is not a rude word這不是個不禮貌的詞，and it is not automatically a compliment也不是自動算讚美；it just places someone on the comfortable side of money它只是把某人放在錢財比較寬裕的那一邊。