• n. 財(cái)富；大量；富有

來(lái)自PIE*wel,希望，愿望，詞源同will,volunteer.引申義按自己意愿，隨心所欲，財(cái)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].
=> well

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.

經(jīng)濟(jì)改革給農(nóng)民帶來(lái)了相對(duì)的財(cái)富。

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2. There are easier ways to encourage the even spread of wealth.

有一些更簡(jiǎn)單的方法可以促進(jìn)財(cái)富的平均分配。

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3. Sid'samazing wealth comes from holdings in oil, gas, land and property.

錫德驚人的財(cái)富來(lái)自他在石油、天然氣和房地產(chǎn)領(lǐng)域持有的股份。

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4. They drove around in Rolls-Royces, openly flaunting their wealth.

他們開(kāi)著勞斯萊斯到處轉(zhuǎn)悠，公開(kāi)炫耀他們的財(cái)富。

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5. There really is a wealth of unrecognised talent out there.

那里確實(shí)有很多懷才不遇的人。

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