wealth是什么意思

n. 财富；大量；富有

中文词源

wealth 财富

来自PIE*wel,希望，愿望，词源同will,volunteer.引申义按自己意愿，随心所欲，财富等。

wealth: wealth: [13] The now virtually defunct weal [OE] meant ‘welfare’, and also ‘riches’; it was descended from prehistoric West Germanic *welon, a derivative of the same base as produced English well. The abstract-noun suffix -th was added to it in early Middle English to produce wealth. This also originally meant ‘welfare, well-being’ as well as ‘riches’, a sense which now survives only in the compound commonwealth [15].
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wealth (n.): mid-13c., "happiness," also "prosperity in abundance of possessions or riches," from Middle English wele "well-being" (see weal (n.1)) on analogy of health.

1. Economic reform has brought relative wealth to peasant farmers.: 经济改革给农民带来了相对的财富。

2. There are easier ways to encourage the even spread of wealth.: 有一些更简单的方法可以促进财富的平均分配。

3. Sid'samazing wealth comes from holdings in oil, gas, land and property.: 锡德惊人的财富来自他在石油、天然气和房地产领域持有的股份。

4. They drove around in Rolls-Royces, openly flaunting their wealth.: 他们开着劳斯莱斯到处转悠，公开炫耀他们的财富。

5. There really is a wealth of unrecognised talent out there.: 那里确实有很多怀才不遇的人。