英语单词 | wealthy |
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英美音标 | 英 ['welθi] 美 ['welθi] |
中文释义 | adj.富有的 n.富人 |
英语例句 | (1) She's an attractive woman, and wealthy to boot. (2) A wealthy sponsor came to our rescue with a generous donation. (3) He was the son of a wealthy planter. (4) She married her daughter to a wealthy man. |
中文例句 | (1) 她是个很有魅力的女人,而且很富有。 (2) 有个富有的赞助人慷慨捐赠来解救我们。 (3) 他是一个富有的种植园主的儿子。 (4) 她把她女儿嫁给了一个富人。 |
vocabulary简明 | If you have riches you are wealthy. Don't be misled into thinking "riches" means only money — to many people, to have a healthy family and to be surrounded by love is to be abundantly wealthy. |
vocabulary扩展 | The Old English word wela, via the Middle English welth, meaning "happiness and prosperity in abundance," is the source of our noun wealth. Although the Middle English wele meant "well-being," the word referred primarily to money and possessions. Many people still feel that way, but Henry David Thoreau offered a different view: "Wealth is the ability to fully experience life." That is, true wealth is having whatever means the most to you. |
柯林斯解释 | 1 [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]富有的;富裕的 Someone who is wealthy has a large amount of money, property, or valuable possessions. [
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