well-of
well-of — adjective
1. thought of by people in a community as coming from a good family and having a st
thought of by people in a community as coming from a good family and having a strong reputation for honest, respectable behaviour
Maeve came from a well-of family and was always treated with great respect in the village.
attributive: well-of family
The school only accepted children from well-of homes with good reputations.
collocation: well-of homes
Gabriel was seen as very well of because of his parents' long history of community work.
Niran's well-of background opened doors at the old university for him.
The Tamás family were considered well of by everyone who knew them.
- well-regarded
broader — can describe companies and organisations, not only people and families
- respectable
emphasises conformity to social norms and moral behaviour rather than family background
- genteel
more about refined manners and upper-class aspirations; can sound old-fashioned or snobbish
- disreputable
having a bad reputation, opposite of being well regarded
- low-born
archaic; describes someone born into a humble or low social class
文法句型
well-of + family|home|background|people
be well of
用法筆記
More common in British English than American English. When used attributively (before a noun), the compound is hyphenated. In predicative position it is often written as two separate words without a hyphen: 'They are very well of.' The meaning differs from 'well-off' (wealthy), though the two senses overlap when wealth contributes to social standing.