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.
雙語例句
1. Economic reform has brought relative wealth to peasant farmers.
經(jīng)濟改革給農(nóng)民帶來了相對的財富。
來自柯林斯例句
2. There are easier ways to encourage the even spread of wealth.
有一些更簡單的方法可以促進財富的平均分配。
來自柯林斯例句
3. Sid'samazing wealth comes from holdings in oil, gas, land and property.
錫德驚人的財富來自他在石油、天然氣和房地產(chǎn)領(lǐng)域持有的股份。
來自柯林斯例句
4. They drove around in Rolls-Royces, openly flaunting their wealth.
他們開著勞斯萊斯到處轉(zhuǎn)悠，公開炫耀他們的財富。
來自柯林斯例句
5. There really is a wealth of unrecognised talent out there.