wealth

wealth 是名词，核心指大量财富和物质资产，也可引申为某方面的大量资源；较旧的用法还可表示繁荣、幸福和福祉。

💡 记忆钩子

想象一个装满东西的仓库：里面装着钱和财产，就是 wealth；如果仓库里装的是知识、经验等，也可以说是某方面的“丰富资源”；在较旧的用法中，这个“装得很满、生活很好”的状态还引申为繁荣、幸福和福祉。

📖 中文释义

noun

core 财富；资产

📖 指一个人、家庭、机构或社会拥有的大量金钱、财产和其他有价值的物品。它强调总体财富，不只指手头的现金。

💡 表示物质财富时，常用“accumulate wealth”“create wealth”或“personal wealth”等搭配，通常不加冠词。wealth 一般不可数，不要直接说“a wealth”来表示一笔财富；如果要数具体部分，应改说“a fortune”或“assets”。

uncountable

Her family built its wealth through years of careful investment.

她的家族通过多年的谨慎投资积累了财富。

True wealth is not measured only by the size of a bank account.

真正的财富不能只用银行账户的金额来衡量。
common 大量；丰富的资源

📖 指某一方面拥有很多可利用或有价值的东西，例如知识、经验、信息或机会。这里不一定和金钱有关，而是把某种东西看成“满满一仓库”的资源。

💡 最常用的结构是“a wealth of + 复数名词或不可数名词”，例如“a wealth of experience”。这里的 a wealth 是一个整体，不能把它理解成一笔钱；不要在 wealth 后面随意加复数词尾。

countable

The new website offers a wealth of useful information for students.

这个新网站为学生提供了大量有用的信息。
rare 繁荣；福祉

📖 在较旧或文学性的用法中，wealth 可表示生活安康、繁荣或幸福，强调一种整体上过得很好的状态。

obsolete uncountable

wealths plural

📘 英文释义 (WordNet) 共 4 组

the quality of profuse abundance

同义词集: wealth

she has a wealth of talent

上位: abundance, copiousness, teemingness

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

同义词集: wealth

上位: belongings, holding, property 下位: money

an abundance of material possessions and resources

同义词集: wealth riches

下位: gold, hoarded wealth, treasure

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

同义词集: wealth wealthiness

great wealth is not a sign of great intelligence

反义: impoverishment, poorness, poverty 下位: affluence, luxuriousness, luxury, opulence, richness, sufficiency, sumptuousness

🌳 词源

源自古英语，最初与“福祉、繁荣、富足”有关，后来主要发展为“财富、资产”的意思。

Inherited from Middle English welth, welthe (“happiness, prosperity”), from Old English *welþ, *welþu, from Proto-West Germanic *waliþu (“wealth”). Alternatively, possibly an alteration (due to similar words in -th: compare helth (“health”), derth (“dearth”)) of wele (“wealth, well-being, weal”), from Old English wela (“wealth, prosperity”), from Proto-Germanic *walô (“well-being, prosperity”), from Proto-Indo-European *wel- (“good, best”); equivalent to weal + -th (abstract nominal suffix). Cognate with West Frisian wielde (“wealth”), Dutch weelde (“wealth”), Low German Weelde (“wealth”), Old High German welida, welitha (“wealth”). Related also to German Wohl (“welfare, well-being, weal”), Danish vel (“weal, welfare”), Swedish väl (“well-being, weal”). More at weal, well.

🔄 变式

wealths plural

🏷 单词标签 & 词根