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buoyant

adjective
🔊/ˈbɔɪənt/
🔊/ˈbɔɪənt/, 🔊/ˈbuːjənt/
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  1. (of prices, business activity, etc.价格、商业活动等) tending to increase or stay at a high level, usually showing financial success看涨的；保持高价的；繁荣的
    • a buoyant economy/market繁荣的经济／市场
    • buoyant sales/prices上升的销售额／价格
    • a buoyant demand for homes越来越大的住房需求
    • The relatively buoyant housing market has kept consumers confident enough to spend.相对活跃的房地产市场使消费者有足够的信心消费。
    Topics Businessc2
  2. cheerful and feeling sure that things will be successful愉快而充满信心的；乐观的
    • They were all in buoyant mood.他们都很乐观。🔊🔊
    Topics Doubt, guessing and certaintyc2
  3. floating, able to float or able to keep things floating漂浮的；能够漂起的；有浮力的
    • The boat bobbed like a cork on the waves: light and buoyant.小船在大浪中犹如软木塞：轻轻漂来漂去。🔊🔊
    • Salt water is more buoyant than fresh water.盐水比淡水浮力大。🔊🔊
    4. Word Originlate 16th cent.: from French bouyant or Spanish boyante, present participle of boyar ‘to float’, from boya ‘buoy’.