核心畫面

One way to picture well-to-do: a household where the bills are already covered before anyone asks. Not new money, not showing off — a family that has been doing well for long enough that money has stopped being a question. The phrase itself can be read as doing well, tied into one word: to do here is about how life is going, not about a job to finish.

well-to-do 可以想成一個帳單早就付好的家。不是剛發財,也不是拿出來炫耀,而是日子好了夠久,錢已經不成為問題更多收起well-to-do 可以想成一個帳單早就付好的家。不是剛發財,也不是拿出來炫耀,而是日子好了夠久,錢已經不成為問題。這個詞本身可以讀成 doing well(過得好)被綁成一個字——裡面的 to do 講的不是「做某件事」,而是「過得怎麼樣」。它的兩個用法,差別只在這份「過得好」是掛在某個家庭身上,還是拿來圈出一整群人。

One branch

日子過得好

兩個用法講的是同一件事,差別在文法:一個形容某個家庭,一個把整群人圈成一個名詞。

adjective · B2

Having plenty of money and a comfortable, respected place in society, so that paying for a home, school or a doctor is not something the family has to worry about.

富裕的