wealth

英 [welθ] 美 [welθ]

• n. 【U】财富；财产；丰富；大量

双解释义

n. (名词)

1. [U] 财产,财富

   (possession of a) large amount of money, property, etc.; riches

2. [S] 大量,众多,丰富

   large amount or number of sth; abundance of sth

详尽释义

n. 名词

1. 财富，财产，钱财，财物，财宝，家私，财
2. 丰富，大量，众多，富足，充裕，丰饶，繁荣
3. 富有，富裕
4. 资源
5. 幸福
6. 福利
7. 富豪（阶级）

英英释义

Noun:

1. the state of being rich and affluent; having a plentiful supply of material goods and money;

   "great wealth is not a sign of great intelligence"
   

2. the quality of profuse abundance;

   "she has a wealth of talent"
   

3. an abundance of material possessions and resources

4. property that has economic utility: a monetary value or an exchange value

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. Health is better than wealth.
   【谚】健康胜于财富。
2. He's always flaunting his wealth.
   他总是摆阔。
3. She is responsible for the character part of the hero's devoted mother.
   她负责这个主人公的忠诚的母亲的角色部分。
4. He has gambled away all his wealth.
   他赌博输掉了全部财产。
5. She is not to be compared with you in wealth.
   她的财产不能与你相比。
6. There's a wealth of books in the library.
   这个图书馆藏书丰富。
7. Jim has a whole wealth of teaching experience.
   吉姆具有丰富的教学经验。
8. His boss has a wealth of knowledge about international trade.
   他的老板有丰富的国际贸易知识。
9. Wealth allows them to be indulged in abundance.
   而现在，物质的丰富使人们可以享受大量的这些东西。
10. She married a man of untold wealth.
    她嫁了一个拥有大量财富的人。

常见句型

用作名词 (n.)

1. Nobody knew how she had acquired her wealth.
   谁也不知道她的财产是怎么来的。
2. Wealth had not brought them happiness.
   他们的财富并没有给他们带来幸福。
3. His wealth gives him a great pull.
   他的财富对他极有帮助。
4. The country's wealth is based on trade.
   这个国家的财源主要来自贸易方面。
5. He was charged with using his position to accumulate wealth.
   他被指控利用地位来敛财。
6. He is a man of great wealth.
   他是个大款。
7. The family always lived in great wealth.
   那一家过去总是生活阔绰。

经典引文

• There was no display of wealth; that came later..when I saw the crown jewels.

  出自： E. Heath

• I summoned Parkson...How easily..we acquire the habits of wealth.

  出自： J. Aiken

常用短语

用作名词 (n.)

a wealth of

大量的,丰富的 large amount of sth

词汇搭配

用作名词 (n.)

动词+～

• accumulate wealth 积聚财富
• achieve wealth 发财
• acquire wealth 获得财富
• add to wealth 增加财富
• amass wealth 积聚财富
• attain wealth 获得财富
• court wealth 追求财富
• dissipate wealth 挥霍钱财
• enjoy wealth 享有财富
• exhaust wealth 耗尽财富
• gain wealth 获得财富
• gauge sb's wealth 估计某人的财富
• govern wealth 理财
• obtain wealth 获得财富
• possess wealth 拥有财富
• seek after wealth 追求财富

形容词+～

• colossal wealth 巨大的财富
• enormous wealth 巨大的财富
• fabulous wealth 巨额财富
• hereditary wealth 世袭财产
• immense wealth 巨大的财富
• inherited wealth 继承的财产
• mineral wealth 矿物资源
• natural wealth 自然资源
• vast wealth 巨大的财富

介词+～

• live in great wealth 过非常富裕的生活
• roll in wealth 异常富有
• a period of wealth 繁荣时期

～+介词

• a wealth of 大量的,丰富的
• a wealth of experience 丰富的经验
• a wealth of information 大量的信息
• a wealth of learning 丰富的学识
• the wealth of society 社会财富

词语用法

n. (名词)

1. wealth的基本意思是“财产,财富”,指某人拥有的所有财产,可以是物质的,也可以是精神的。wealth还可指“大量,众多,丰富”。
2. wealth作“大量,众多,丰富”解时,一般用单数形式,常用于a wealth of短语中,既可用来指“数”,也可用来指“量”。

词义辨析

n. (名词)

wealth, means, resources, riches

• resources既可指自然资源方面的富有,也可指在精神财富方面的富有; means和riches多指物质方面的富有,前者尤指货币和不动产,后者尤指财富; 不管是物质的或非物质的东西,只要是有价值的、可以累积的都可用wealth表示。

wealth，assets，estate，goods，property，resources

• 这些名词均有“财产、财富”之意。
• wealth普通用词，含义广。既可指大笔的钱财或物质财富，也可指抽象的精神财富。
• assets法律和商业用词，指包括全部动产和不动产的资产。
• estate多指地产或建在地面上的房产。
• goods含义较窄，主要指个人动产。
• property含义较estate宽，指个人或团体合法拥有的财产，包括动产与不动产，或临时的财产。
• resources指在需要时可以动用的财产，包括国家土地、矿藏、水力等自然资源或个人的存款及其他财产。

常见错误

n. (名词)

1. 他给了我一本有很多插图的书。

   误 He gave me a book with wealth of pictures.

   正 He gave me a book with a wealth of pictures.

   析 wealth表示“大量”时,常用于短语a wealth of中,不定冠词a不可省略。

词源解说

• ☆ 13世纪中期进入英语，直接源自中古英语的wele，意为富有。

近反义词

【近义词】

• fortune
• riches
• abundance
• quantity

【反义词】

• poverty 贫困